{"product_id":"noise-control-colin-h-hansen-9781138369023","title":"Noise Control: From Concept to Application","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second edition of \u003cb\u003eNoise Control: From Concept to Application\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003enewly expanded and thoroughly updated, now includes 180 graded problems with solutions, plus 100 end-of-chapter problems with solutions available for instructors on the authors' website. Working from basic scientific principles, the authors show how an understanding of sound can be applied to real-world settings, working through numerous examples in detail and covering good practice in noise control for both new and existing facilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt covers the essential topics for industrial noise control: acoustics, noise criteria, hearing-damage risk, noise-assessment measures, measurement instrumentation, sound-source types including the calculation and measurement of their output power, sound propagation outdoors, sound in rooms, sound-absorbing materials, sound transmission through partitions and enclosures, noise barriers, reactive and dissipative muffler-noise reduction and muffler-design considerations such as pressure loss and self-noise generation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetailed explanations of important concepts make this textbook easy to understand by engineering and science undergraduates, as well as professionals with no background in acoustics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthors' website: www.causalsystems.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin H. Hansen is Emeritus Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and past President of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristy L. Hansen is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Flinders University, Australia, and holder of the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin H. Hansen, Kristy L. Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138369020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138369023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.97d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colin H. Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944151187711,"sku":"9781138369023","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dba5c016-1813-48d7-971e-4f774ab5c6ba.jpg?v=1681502084","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/noise-control-colin-h-hansen-9781138369023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}