Physics 382

Acoustics I: Sounds and Sources 

Fall 2003 - Course calendar
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Week
Day
Topics
Read for today
Due today
1



m
Course procedures
Recording - click here for lecture notes
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none
t
A physicist's tour of the recording industry - notes
Everest, Chapter 1
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w
What's a level? lecture notes , power point pdf (1.4 MB)
Everest, Chapter 2
HW #1 - go to it
f
The ultimate instrument - and we get two! - notes power point pdf
Everest, Chapter 3
HW #2 - go to it
2



m
The Sound Bug - note and important links
Sound Bug website
HW #3 - go to it
t
     Group Session: analysis
Russell, skim all of Ch. 2
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w
     Consultant Session: The mass on a spring  -
         presentation pdf (2 MB)
Russell, Ch. 2.3 - 2.4
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f      Group Session: synthesis
none
none
3



m
Sound waves in free field - notes
Everest Ch. 4
HW #4 with oscill. sim. - go to it
t
Wave Equation and solutions - outline
Russell Ch. 3.1-3
Report #1 Guide
w
Wave phenomena - outline
Russell demos ; list keyed to book figures
Russell Ch. 3.5-8
HW #5 - go to it
f
Getting your message across - notes
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HW #6 - go to it
4



m
"My voice is my passport" - notes and links for the week
start reading Signal Analysis...
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t
     Group Session: analysis
Signal Analysis (large, 68-page pdf file - an excellent resource)
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w
     Consultant Session: generator-filter model, signal processing
Everest Ch. 5
HW #7 with Fourier Synthesis - go to it
f
     Group Session: synthesis
Everest Ch. 6
HW #8 - go to it
5



m
Hearing I - notes
Russell Ch. 6
Report #2
t
Hearing II  - notes
Russell Ch. 4.1-3
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w
Environmental noise and metrics - notes
Russell Ch. 4.4
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f
     Group Session: MSU Noise Ordinance
none
HW #9 - go to it
6



m
Interior noise metrics - notes and pdf
Everest Ch. 8
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t
Sound level wrap up - notes
Russell Ch. 4.5
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w
Midterm review - Study outline
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f
MIDTERM EXAM (Nov. 14) content TBA

HW #10 - go to it
7



m
Physics of the Wave Equation (in pressure, particle velocity)
Russell Ch. 7 through 7.4
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t
Physics of the Wave Equation, continued

E.C. Report - guidelines
w Plane waves (and Intensity, Impedance)
Russell Ch. 7.5
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f
Planes: Spherical waves
Trains: Cylindrical waves
Russell Ch. 7.6-7

HW #11 - go to it
8



m What's a loudspeaker? Maybe a simple source... notes
Russell Ch. 8.1
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t
or dipole source, or quadrupole source
Russell Ch. 8.2-3
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w
Definitely something like a piston
Russell Ch. 8.5
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f
Thanksgiving Holiday - no class
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Start HW #12 !!
9



m
Design a muffler - powerpoint
Matlab code exhaust.m
Everest Ch. 15 through middle of page 323 - last sentence has "...physicists employ..."
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t
     Group Session: analysis - questions 1
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none
w
     Consultant Session: Matlab and Input Impedance
none
HW #12 - go to it
f
     Group Session: synthesis - questions 2
none
none
10



m
Design a listening room - powerpoint
remainder of Everest Ch. 15 none
t
     Group Session: analysis - questions 1
none
Report #3 Guide
w
     Consultant Session: Room Acoustics
Everest, Ch. 7-19, 24-27 as needed
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f
     Group Session: synthesis - questions 2
none
HW #13 - go to it
11

m
Review
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Report #4 Guide
t
no class - Thursday schedule
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all work must be in by 5:00 pm
Final
Fri.
December 19, 10:00 am, 4-104 AB
Study outline