Fundamentals of Aeroacoustics

Course Outline
Assignments
- Problem Set I
  - Introduction and Complex Numbers
- Problem Set II
  - Wave Equations, Plane Waves and Fourier Analysis
- Problem Set III
  - Acoustic Energy, Decibel Scales and Human Hearing
- Problem Set IV
  - Reflection, Spherical Waves, Simple Sources, etc.
- Problem Set V
  - Transmission and Variable Area Analysis
- Problem Set VI
  - Noise Control
- Problem Set VII
  - Room Acoustics and Reverberation
- Problem Set VIII
  - Occupational Noise and Standards
Handouts
- Historical and Introductory Concepts
- Added Definitions and Terms:
Important Contributors
- Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
- Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) (see also)
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783)
- Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736–1813)
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830)
- Isaac Newton (1792-1727) (see also)
- Johann Christian Andreas Doppler (1803–1853)
- Pieter Rijke (1812-1899)
- Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821–1894)
- Ernst Mach (1836-1916)
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894)
- Wallace Clement Sabine (1868–1919) (see also)
- L. D. Landau (1908-1968) (see 1, 2)
- Sir Michael James Lighthill (1924–1998)
- J. E. Ffowcs Williams (1935-present)
- Allan D. Pierce (1936-present) (see also)
- C. K. W. Tam
- David Crighton (1942-2000) (see also)
Formularies

Basic Summaries