Compiling strategies from more than 30 years of experience, this book provides numerous case studies that illustrate the implementation of noise control applications, as well as solutions to common dilemmas encountered in noise reduction processes. It offers methods for predicting the noise generation level of common systems such as fans, motors, compressors, and cooling towers, selecting the appropriate equipment to monitor sound properties, assessing the severity of environmental noise, modifying the sources, transmission paths, and receivers of sound, estimating sound pressure levels, designing mufflers, silencers, barriers, and enclosures, and isolating machine vibration.

RANDALL F. BARRON is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston. The author of numerous professional publications, he is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Cryogenic Society of America, among other organizations. He received the B.S. degree (1958) in mechanical engineering from Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, and the M.S. (1961) and Ph.D. (1964) degrees in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus.

Preface, 1 Introduction, 2 Basics of Acoustics, 3 Acoustic Measurements, 4 Transmission of Sound, 5 Noise Sources, 6 Acoustic Criteria, 7 Room Acoustics, 8 Silencer Design, 9 Vibration Isolation for Noise Control, 10 Case Studies in Noise Control, Appendix A Preferred Prefixes in SI, Appendix B Properties of Gases, Liquids, and Solids, Appendix C Plate Properties of Solids, Appendix D Surface Absorption Coefficients, Appendix E Nomenclature, Index