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Born on:
6 October 2003 |
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Week
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Day
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Topics
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Read for today
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Due today
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| 1 |
m |
Course procedures Recording - click here for lecture notes |
none |
none |
| t |
A physicist's tour of the recording
industry -
notes
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Everest, Chapter 1 |
none |
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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
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| f |
The ultimate instrument - and
we get two! -
notes
power point
pdf
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Everest, Chapter 3 |
HW #2
-
go to it
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| 2 |
m |
The Sound Bug -
note and important links
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Sound Bug website
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HW #3
-
go to it
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| t |
Group Session:
analysis |
Russell, skim all of Ch. 2 |
none |
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| w |
Consultant
Session: The mass on a spring - presentation pdf (2 MB) |
Russell, Ch. 2.3 - 2.4 |
none |
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| f | Group Session:
synthesis |
none |
none |
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| 3 |
m |
Sound waves in free field -
notes
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Everest Ch. 4 |
HW #4
with
oscill. sim.
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go to it
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| t |
Wave Equation and solutions -
outline
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Russell Ch. 3.1-3 |
Report
#1
Guide
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| w |
Wave phenomena -
outline
Russell demos ; list keyed to book figures |
Russell Ch. 3.5-8 |
HW #5
-
go to it
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| f |
Getting your message across -
notes
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none |
HW #6
-
go to it
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| 4 |
m |
"My voice is my passport" -
notes and links for the week
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start
reading Signal Analysis... |
none |
| t |
Group Session:
analysis |
Signal Analysis
(large, 68-page pdf file
- an excellent resource) |
none |
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| w |
Consultant
Session: generator-filter model, signal processing |
Everest Ch. 5 |
HW #7
with
Fourier Synthesis
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go to it
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| f |
Group Session:
synthesis |
Everest Ch. 6 |
HW #8
-
go to it
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| 5 |
m |
Hearing I -
notes
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Russell Ch. 6 |
Report
#2 |
| t |
Hearing II -
notes
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Russell Ch. 4.1-3 |
none |
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| w |
Environmental noise and metrics
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notes
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Russell Ch. 4.4 |
none |
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| f |
Group Session:
MSU Noise Ordinance |
none |
HW #9
-
go to it
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| 6 |
m |
Interior noise metrics -
notes and pdf
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Everest Ch. 8 |
none |
| t |
Sound level wrap up -
notes
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Russell Ch. 4.5 |
none |
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| w |
Midterm review -
Study outline
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none |
none |
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| f |
MIDTERM
EXAM (Nov. 14) content TBA |
HW #10
-
go to it
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| 7 |
m |
Physics of the Wave Equation
(in pressure, particle velocity) |
Russell Ch. 7 through 7.4 |
none |
| t |
Physics of the Wave Equation, continued |
E.C.
Report -
guidelines
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| w | Plane waves (and Intensity,
Impedance) |
Russell Ch. 7.5 |
none |
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| f |
Planes: Spherical waves Trains: Cylindrical waves |
Russell Ch. 7.6-7 |
HW #11
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go to it
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| 8 |
m | What's a loudspeaker? Maybe a
simple source...
notes
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Russell Ch. 8.1 |
none |
| t |
or dipole source, or quadrupole source |
Russell Ch. 8.2-3 |
none |
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| w |
Definitely something like a piston |
Russell Ch. 8.5 |
none |
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| f |
Thanksgiving Holiday - no class |
none |
Start HW #12 !! |
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| 9 |
m |
Design a muffler -
powerpoint
Matlab code exhaust.m |
Everest Ch. 15
through middle
of page 323 - last sentence has "...physicists employ..." |
none |
| t |
Group Session:
analysis -
questions 1
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none |
none |
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| w |
Consultant
Session: Matlab and Input Impedance |
none |
HW #12
-
go to it
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| f |
Group Session:
synthesis -
questions 2
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none |
none |
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| 10 |
m |
Design a listening room -
powerpoint
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remainder of Everest Ch. 15 | none |
| t |
Group Session:
analysis -
questions 1
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none |
Report
#3
Guide
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| w |
Consultant
Session: Room Acoustics |
Everest, Ch. 7-19, 24-27 as needed |
none |
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| f |
Group Session:
synthesis -
questions 2
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none |
HW #13
-
go to it
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| 11 |
m |
Review |
none |
Report
#4
Guide
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| t |
no class - Thursday schedule |
none |
all work must be in by 5:00 pm |
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| Final |
Fri. |
December 19, 10:00 am, 4-104 AB |
Study outline
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