This classic and authoritative textbook contains material that is not over-simplified and can be used to solve real-world noise control engineering problems. It covers the principles with practical application of current noise control technology. Topics new or revised from the 5th edition include: beating; addition and subtraction of noise levels; combining multi-path noise level reductions; hearing damage assessment and protection; speech intelligibility; noise weighting curves; instrumentation including MEMS IEPE and TEDS sensors; noise source types including transportation noise and equipment noise estimations; outdoor sound propagation including noise barriers meteorological effects and sloping ground effects; sound in rooms muffling devices including 4-pole analysis self noise and pressure drop calculations; sound transmission through single double and triple partitions; vibration measurement and control finite element analysis; boundary element methods; and statistical energy analysis. Covers all aspects of industrial and environmental noise control Core advanced undergraduate and graduate textbook; and reference text for acoustic consultants and engineers Practical applications demonstrate the theoretical concepts A wide range of example problems and solutions that are linked to noise control practice are available for download from www. causalsystems. com. . Language: English