Course overview
This course aims to teach learners the fundamentals and applications of engineering acoustics. This is achieved by expanding on learners existing knowledge and exposing them to applications and industry professionals. The course covers the topics of sound wave description and propagation, noise control techniques, the hearing mechanism, acoustic instrumentation, noise criteria, psychoacoustics, sound source types and radiated sound fields, outdoor sound propagation, sound power measurement techniques, sound in enclosed spaces, sound transmission loss, acoustic enclosures, acoustic barriers, pipe lagging and reactive and dissipative mufflers.
- Acoustics basics, human hearing and limits
- Predicting levels
- Methods of controlling noise
Course learning outcomes
- Apply acoustics concepts, definitions and theories to analysis of acoustic systems
- Assess complex occupational and environmental noise problems using acceptable noise assessment standards, policies and criteria
- Operate instrumentation for noise measurement and select the type of measurements appropriate for various situations
- Recognise the importance of excessive noise and how it damages the hearing mechanism, and the responsibility of engineers to protect the community and provide a safe healthy environment
- Perform analysis to predict the noise produced by various sources of sound and design practical noise control treatments
Degree list
The following degrees include this course