College of Chemistry Course Guide

MECHE 173 - Fundamentals of Acoustics (3 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Plane and spherical sound waves. Sound intensity. Propagation in tubes and horns. Resonators. Standing waves. Radiation from oscillating surface. Reciprocity. Reverberation and diffusion. Electro-acoustic loud speaker and microphone problems. Environmental and architectural acoustics. Noise measurement and control. Effects on man.

Prerequisites

104

Spring only

Workload

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide