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Acoustic Characteristics Overview

This document discusses key concepts in acoustics and sound treatment. It defines elements of sound including the source, transmission path, and receiver. It also defines key terms like frequency, amplitude, wavelength, and intensity. Regarding sound quality, it discusses reverberation, echo, flutter, and other acoustic phenomena like refraction, diffraction, and focusing. Sound absorption methods aim to dissipate sound energy as heat. Units of measurement include hertz, decibels, and sabins.

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Acoustic Characteristics Overview

This document discusses key concepts in acoustics and sound treatment. It defines elements of sound including the source, transmission path, and receiver. It also defines key terms like frequency, amplitude, wavelength, and intensity. Regarding sound quality, it discusses reverberation, echo, flutter, and other acoustic phenomena like refraction, diffraction, and focusing. Sound absorption methods aim to dissipate sound energy as heat. Units of measurement include hertz, decibels, and sabins.

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CHARACTER OF SOUND

ACOUSTICS
SCIENCE & TREATMENT OF SOUND 1. Cycle - full circuit of particle

ELEMENTS: 2. Frequency - number of times a cycle is repeated


1. Source
2. Transmission path 3. Amplitude - maximum displacement
3. Receiver
4. Velocity - speed of sound
POROUS ABSORBENT
Best for lower band frequency 5. Wavelength - distance

ECHO 6. Pure tone - one energy one frequency


The repetition of a sound produced by the reflection of sound waves
from an obstructing surface, loud enough and received late enough 7. Musical Tone - many pre tones
to be perceived as distinct from the source
8. Intensity - rate of flow at sound energy
RESONANCE
The intensification and prolongation of sound produced by QUALITY OF SOUND
sympathetic vibration
1. Reverberation - the prolonging of sound
PHON
Unit of loudness level 2. Echo - repetition of sound, with magnitude and delay

SOUND ABSORPTION 3. Flutter - rapid succession of echoes caused by the reflection of sound
waves back and forth between two parallel surfaces
Process of dissipating sound energy by converting it into heat
4. Creep/ Crawl - reflection of sound from a curved surface
SOUND
Fluctuation in pressure, particle displacement in elastic medium 5. Sound Foci

SABIN 6. Diffusion - sound is everywhere


unit of absorption equivalent to 1 sq ft of perfectly absorptive material
Frequency - expressed in hertz 7. Refraction - when traveling forward in a straight path, it changes direction as
Decibel - unit of sound it passes through different density and causes sound wave to
bend
Noise - unwanted sound
Decay time - reverberation tie 8. Diffraction - acoustic phenomenon which causes sound wave to bend
Hertz - the Si unit of frequency
9. Focusing - sound waves reflected from a concave surface

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