ACCOUSTICS 1.

Cycle - full circuit of particle

SCIENCE & TREATMENT OF SOUND
2. Frequency - number of times a cycle is repeated
ELEMENTS:
1. Source 3. Amplitude - maximum displacement
2. Transmission path
3. Receiver 4. Velocity - speed of sound

POROUS ABSORBENT 5. Wavelength - distance

Best for lower band frequency
6. Pure tone - one energy one frequency
ECHO
The repetition of a sound produced by the reflection of sound waves 7. Musical Tone - many pre tones
from an obstructing surface, loud enough and received late enough
to be perceived as distinct from the source 8. Intensity - rate of flow at sound energy

RESONANCE QUALITY OF SOUND

The intensification and prolongation of sound produced by
sympathetic vibration 1. Reverberation - the prolonging of sound

PHON 2. Echo - repetition of sound, with magnitude and delay

Unit of loudness level 3. Flutter - rapid succession of echoes caused by the reflection of sound
waves back and forth between two parallel surfaces
SOUND ABSORPTION
Process of dissipating sound energy by converting it into heat 4. Creep/ Crawl - reflection of sound from a curved surface

SOUND 5. Sound Foci

Fluctuation in pressure, particle displacement in elastic medium
6. Diffusion - sound is everywhere
SABIN
unit of absorption equivalent to 1 sq ft of perfectly absorptive material 7. Refraction - when traveling forward in a straight path, it changes direction as
it passes through different density and causes sound wave to
bend

Frequency - expressed in hertz 8. Diffraction - acoustic phenomenon which causes sound wave to bend
Decibel - unit of sound
Noise - unwanted sound 9. Focusing - sound waves reflected from a concave surface
Decay time - reverberation time
Hertz - the Si unit of frequency

CHARACTER OF SOUND