Noise Reduction

Noise pollution of the environment and our working and living places continues to grow and become a hazard to the health and comfort of humans and animals. And our awareness of noise is far greater today than would have been imaginable decades ago. Accordingly, noise reduction and noise control are more and more important in our everyday lives: to the home owner, architect and builder; to those in the construction industry; to office, factory and farm workers and managers; to those who travel by airplane, train, car, bus, and ship; to the designers, manufacturers and users of machinery and home appliances; and to so many more. Indeed, noise awareness and the need for noise control throughout all facets of today’s life make it vital for engineers in all fields to  take the control of acoustical noise in to account. This book, Noise Reduction, is for you!

Noise Reduction provides engineers of every technical discipline with the understanding and practical approaches of the control and reduction of noise over a wide spectrum of noise problems. The book proceeds in gradual steps from elementary beginnings to the advanced aspects in each application.

This book is divided into four parts:

One.  Sound Waves and Their Measurement

Two. Fundamentals Underlying Noise and Vibration Control

Three. Criteria for Noise and Vibration Control

Four. Practical Noise Control

The text describes noise control solutions to problems with many comparisons of predicted data with measured data.

It leads the reader by gradual steps from the beginning of a subject to its more advanced aspects. Theory and practice over a wide variety of applications are addressed: establishment of noise criteria; instrumentation and measurement; noise reduction outdoors; in small and large enclosures such as offices, homes, and machine shops; vibration isolation of machinery; sound reduction of ventilation; reactive and dissipative mufflers; jet noise; and noise in transportation. Noise Reduction’s thorough index helps guide the reader to the most applicable sections of the book.

Noise Reduction is as useful now as when first published in 1960 under the editorship of Leo Beranek, one of the most influential acoustic scientist/engineers of our time. Dr. Beranek wrote an updated preface for this edition and many chapters, and he created an Editor’s Bibliography that presents his personal recommendations of books for your acoustics library.

This book is for non-acousticians and acousticians. It is for the general engineer who is not a noise expert — this book will help avoid noise problems before they develop and will be of great assistance in solving problems if they already exist or should arise. This book is a treasure trove for understanding and know-how.