Download or read book Applied Acoustics: Concepts, Absorbers, and Silencers for Acoustical Comfort and Noise Control written by Helmut V. Fuchs and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-12 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author gives a comprehensive overview of materials and components for noise control and acoustical comfort. Sound absorbers must meet acoustical and architectural requirements, which fibrous or porous material alone can meet. Basics and applications are demonstrated, with representative examples for spatial acoustics, free-field test facilities and canal linings. Acoustic engineers and construction professionals will find some new basic concepts and tools for developments in order to improve acoustical comfort. Interference absorbers, active resonators and micro-perforated absorbers of different materials and designs complete the list of applications.