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51222 Advanced Acoustics
Danish title: Videregående akustik

Type: Å, Language: EED
Credit points: 7,5 point
Previous course: C5122
Offered by: Department of Acoustic Technology (AT)
No credit points with: C5122
Prerequisite: 51001/C5101
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Scope and form: Lectures, project work in the labotary and two compulsory exercises.
Examination: Compulsory coursework and written exam (13 point scale )
Remarks: The course is a natural introduction to master thesis works.
Contact person: Finn Jacobsen, AT, Building 352, Tel. +45 4525 3938
Aim: To give the student an understanding of the most important methods of making predictions of sound fields, and to enable the student to choose the most suitable method. To introduce advanced acoustic measurement techniques.
Contents: Fundamentals: the wave equation. Plane waves and higher-order modes in ducts. Four-pole description of silencers in ducts. Design of acoustic horns. The modal theory of room acoustics; statistical room acoutics. Sound power determination. Measurement of acoustic intensity. Active noise control. Numerical acoustics (finite element and boundary element methods). Radiation of sound. Sound propagation over a plane surface with a finite impedance. Vibrations of membranes.