ACCOUSTICS 3.

Amplitude - maximum displacement

SCIENCE & TREATMENT OF SOUND
4. Velocity - speed of sound
ELEMENTS:
5. Wavelength - distance
1. Source
2. Transmission path
6. Pure tone - one energy one frequency
3. Receiver
7. Musical Tone - many pre tones
POROUS ABSORBENT
Best for lower band frequency
8. Intensity - rate of flow at sound energy
ECHO
The repetition of a sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from
QUALITY OF SOUND
an obstructing surface, loud enough and received late enough to be perceived as
distinct from the source
1. Reverberation - the prolonging of sound
RESONANCE
The intensification and prolongation of sound produced by sympathetic 2. Echo - repetition of sound, with magnitude and delay
vibration
3. Flutter - rapid succession of echoes caused by the reflection of
PHON sound waves back and forth between two parallel surfaces
Unit of loudness level
4. Creep/ Crawl - reflection of sound from a curved surface
SOUND ABSORPTION
Process of dissipating sound energy by converting it into heat 5. Sound Foci

SOUND 6. Diffusion - sound is everywhere

Fluctuation in pressure, particle displacement in elastic medium
7. Refraction - when traveling forward in a straight path, it changes
SABIN direction as it passes through different density and causes
unit of absorption equivalent to 1 sq ft of perfectly absorptive material sound wave to bend

8. Diffraction - acoustic phenomenon which causes sound wave to bend

Frequency - expressed in hertz
Decibel - unit of sound 9. Focusing - sound waves reflected from a concave surface
Noise - unwanted sound
Decay time - reverberation tie
Hertz - the Si unit of frequency

CHARACTER OF SOUND

1. Cycle - full circuit of particle

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2. Frequency - number of times a cycle is repeated