1st Edition

Industrial Noise Control and Acoustics

By Randall F. Barron Copyright 2001

    Compiling strategies from more than 30 years of experience, this book provides numerous case studies that illustrate the implementation of noise control applications, as well as solutions to common dilemmas encountered in noise reduction processes. It offers methods for predicting the noise generation level of common systems such as fans, motors, compressors, and cooling towers, selecting the appropriate equipment to monitor sound properties, assessing the severity of environmental noise, modifying the sources, transmission paths, and receivers of sound, estimating sound pressure levels, designing mufflers, silencers, barriers, and enclosures, and isolating machine vibration.

    Introduction
    Basics of Acoustics
    Acoustic Measurements
    Transmission of Sound
    Noise Sources
    Acoustic Criteria
    Room Acoustics
    Silencer Design
    Vibration Isolation for Noise Control
    Case Studies in Noise Control
    Appendix A Preferred Prefixes in SI
    Appendix B Properties of Gases, Liquids, and Solids
    Appendix C Plate Properties of Solids
    Appendix D Surface Absorption Coefficients
    Appendix E Nomenclature
    Index

    Biography

    RANDALL F. BARRON is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston. The author of numerous professional publications, he is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Cryogenic Society of America, among other organizations. He received the B.S. degree (1958) in mechanical engineering from Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, and the M.S. (1961) and Ph.D. (1964) degrees in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus.