Fundamentals of General Linear Acoustics

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Introduction

This is the official website of the book Fundamentals of General Linear Acoustics published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The book introduces the fundamentals of acoustic wave motion. It addresses in a clear and systematic way some of the most difficult part of acoustics for beginners, such as the widely different approximations due to the wide frequency range, the apparently arbitrary choice between the use of analytical solutions to the wave equation with boundary conditions, and the fundamentally different energy-based considerations used in noise control. As a result, it provides readers with a self-contained source of information on acoustics which can be used for self-study or as a graduate course text.

Acoustics is taught in a number of educations, and the ideal presentation of the subject is closely related to the background of the student. This calculus based book is aimed towards students of engineering or physics and presupposes a mathematical background corresponding to BSc level in one of these educations.

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Unfortunately, the first author, Finn Jacobsen, deceased shortly after the book was completed. The International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration published this obituary.