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.
Course learning outcomes
- Understand and apply the concepts, definitions and theories used in acoustics, and their application to analysis of acoustic systems
- Be able to assess complex occupational and environmental noise problems using acceptable assessment criteria
- Be able to use instrumentation for noise measurement and understand the type of measurements appropriate for various situations
- Understand the importance of protecting the community from excessive noise and how it damages the hearing mechanism
- Have an understanding of the responsibility of engineers to the community in terms of providing a safe healthy environment
Degree list
The following degrees include this course