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Computational Atmospheric Acoustics

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Authors:
  1. Erik M. Salomons

    1. TNO Institute of Applied Physics, Delft, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Erik M. Salomons
    Pages 1-4

  3. Unbounded homogeneous atmosphere

    • Erik M. Salomons
    Pages 5-19

  4. Homogeneous atmosphere above a ground surface

    • Erik M. Salomons
    Pages 21-36

  5. Atmospheric refraction

    • Erik M. Salomons
    Pages 37-65

  6. Atmospheric turbulence

    • Erik M. Salomons
    Pages 67-76

  7. Irregular terrain

    • Erik M. Salomons
    Pages 77-83

  8. Noise barriers

    • Erik M. Salomons
    Pages 85-90

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 91-335
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About this book

Noise from cars, trains, and aeroplanes can be heard at large distances from the source. Accurate predictions of the loudness of the noise require accurate computations of sound propagation in the atmosphere. This book describes models that can be used for these computations. The models take into account complex effects of the atmosphere and the ground surface on sound waves, including the effects of wind and temperature distributions, atmospheric turbulence, irregular terrain, and noise barriers.
The main text of the book focuses on physical effects in atmospheric acoustics. The effects are illustrated by many numerical examples. The main text requires a very limited mathematical background from the reader; detailed mathematical descriptions of the models, developed from the basic principles of acoustics, are presented in appendices. Models for moving media are compared with models that are based on the effective sound speed approach. Both two-dimensional models and three-dimensional models are presented. As meteorological effects play an important role in atmospheric acoustics, selected topics from boundary layer meteorology and the theory of turbulence are also presented.

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`This book is excellent for readers who have a fairly good background in atmospherical acoustics. Readers who have little knowledge in atmospheric acoustics will find this book to be educational and very interesting.'
Ding Lee, Journal of Computational Acoustics, 10:1

Authors and Affiliations

  • TNO Institute of Applied Physics, Delft, The Netherlands

    Erik M. Salomons

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Computational Atmospheric Acoustics

  • Authors: Erik M. Salomons

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0660-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7161-8Published: 31 August 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0390-5Published: 30 November 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0660-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 335

  • Topics: Acoustics, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Noise Control, Atmospheric Sciences

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