Acoustics: Basic Physics, Theory, and Methods - Hardcover

Filippi, Paul; Bergassoli, Aime; Habault, Dominique; Lefebvre, Jean Pierre

9780122561900: Acoustics: Basic Physics, Theory, and Methods

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0122561902 ISBN 13: 9780122561900

Publisher: Academic Press, 1998

The book is devoted to the very basis of acoustics and vibro-acoustics. The physics of the phenomena, the analytical methods and the modern numerical techniques are presented in a concise form. Many examples illustrate the fundamental problems and predictions (analytic or numerical) and are often compared to experiments. Some emphasis is put on the mathematical tools required by rigorous theory and reliable prediction methods.

A series of practical problems, which reflect the content of each chapter
Reference to the major treatises and fundamental recent papers
Current computing techniques, used in problem solving

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From the Back Cover:

Devoted to the fundamentals of acoustic and vibro-acoustics, this book presents a complete general theory of the subject in a unique, concise and logical manner. The authors have produced a very accessible text, where the eminently practical theory is fully supported by both classic analytical methods and contemporary mathematical techniques.

About the Author:

Paul Filippi is a Directeur de Recherche at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in Marseille and an editorial board memeber for the Journal of Sound and Vibration. He has been teaching courses in Acoustics in France since the early seventies, besides having studied and taught in the U.S. He received a degree in Physics in 1958, at the Universit� de Provence, in Marseille. He started working on Acoustics and Vibrations in 1959 as a Stagiaire de Recherche at the Centre de Recherche Scientifique Industrielle et Maritime in Marseille, a laboratory depending on theCentre National de le Recherche Scientifique. He obtained his Doctorate of Sciences degree (the highest national university diploma in France) in 1968. He was in charge of the Dipl�me d’Etude Approfondies d’Acoustique at the Universit� de la M�diterran�e from 1986 to 1995. He is now Directeur de Recherche at the Laboratoire de M�canique et d’Acoustique (CNRS) in Marseille.

Aim� Bergassoli has been teaching courses in Acoustics in France since the early seventies, besides having studied and taught in the U.S. He graduated from Ecole Saint-Cyr and then, in 1953, from Ecole Nationale Sup�rieure d’Electricit� de Paris, one of the most well known engineering schools in France. He entered the Laboratoire de M�canique et d’Acoustique (CNRS) in Marseille in 1964 as a Research Engineer and retired in 1983. He worked on propagation and diffraction problems related to environmental Acoustics and on guided waves phenomena related to building Acoustics.

Dominique Habault has been teaching courses in Acoustics in France since the early seventies, besides having studied and taught in the U.S. She graduated from the Universit� de Provence,(Marseille) in Applied Mathematics in 1976 and in Acoustics (Doctorat de Troisi�me Cycle) in 1979. She entered the Laboratoire de M�canique et d’Acoustique (CNRS) in Marseille in 1980, where she is now Directeur de Recherche. She works on acoustic wave propagation and diffraction, and on fluid/structure interactions. She obtained her Doctorat �s Sciences (the highest national university diploma in France) in 1984. She created the third-year specialization Acoustique et Vibrations Industrielles at the Ecole Sup�rieure de M�canique de Marseille. She is involved in Acoustics teaching at the Universit� de le M�diterran�e since 1983.

Jean-Pierre Lefebvre has been teaching courses in Acoustics in France since the early seventies, besides having studied and taught in the U.S. He graduated from the Ecole Nationale Sup�rieure de Physique in Marseille, in 1970. He entered the Laboratoire de M�canique et d’Acoustique (CNRS) in Marseille, in 1973. He is now the Directeur de Recherche. He obtained his Doctorat �s Sciences (the highest national university diploma in France) in 1981. He is involved in acoustic imaging and related inverse problems, mainly for biomedical and material applications.