FLÄKT WOODS PRACTICAL GUIDE

TO NOISE CONTROL
Fläkt Woods Practical Guide
to Noise Control

Ian Sharland, B.Sc.(Eng.), C.Eng., A.F.R.Ae.S.

with a foreword by Peter Lord, B.Sc., M.Sc.Tech., Ph.D.,
F.Inst.P., C.Eng., M.I.E.E., Professor of Acoustics, Salford University

Published by
Fläkt Woods Limited, Colchester, England.
 First Published May1972
Copyright Ian Sharland 1972
Second Impression 1973
Third Impression 1979
Fourth Impression 1986
Fifth Impression 1988
Sixth Impression 1990
Seventh Impression 1998
Eighth Impression 2001
Ninth Impression 2005

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The Print Connection (UK) Ltd, Sudbury, Suffolk.
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Contents
Contents
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Some fundamental concepts 3
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Hearing and noise acceptability 19
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The measurement of acoustic properties 39
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The calculation of noise levels 53
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Calculation of noise in ventilating systems 81
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Calculation of noise in ventilating systems 83
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