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1、THESCIENCEANDAPPLICATIONSOFACOUSTICSTHESCIENCEANDAPPLICATIONSOFACOUSTICSSECONDEDITIONDanielR.RaichelCUNYGraduateCenterandSchoolofArchitecture,UrbanDesignandLandscapeDesignTheCityCollegeoftheCityUniversityofNewYorkWith253IllustrationsDanielR.Raichel2727MooreLaneF
2、ortCollins,CO80526USAdraichel@comcast.netLibraryofCongressControlNumber:2005928848ISBN-10:0-387-26062-5eISBN:0-387-30089-9Printedonacid-freepaper.ISBN-13:978-0387-26062-4C2006SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Thisworkmaynotbetranslatedorcopied
3、inwholeorinpartwithoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher(SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,Inc.,233SpringStreet,NewYork,NY10013,USA),exceptforbriefexcerptsinconnectionwithreviewsorscholarlyanalysis.Useinconnectionwithanyformofinformationstorageandretrieval,electroni
4、cadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdevelopedisforbidden.Theuseinthispublicationoftradenames,trademarks,servicemarks,andsimilarterms,eveniftheyarenotidentifiedassuch,isnottobetakenasanexpressionofopinionastowhetherorn
5、ottheyaresubjecttoproprietaryrights.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.(TB/MVY)987654321springeronline.comToGeri,Adam,Dina,andMadisonRosePrefaceThescienceofacousticsdealswiththecreationofsound,soundtransmissionthroughsolids,andtheeffectsofsoundonbothinertandlivin
6、gmaterials.Asamechanicaleffect,soundisessentiallythepassageofpressurefluctuationsthroughmatterastheresultofvibrationalforcesactingonthatmedium.Soundpossessestheattributesofwavephenomena,asdolightandradiosignals.Butunlikeitselectromagneticcounterparts,soundcannott
7、ravelthroughavacuum.InSylvaSylvarumwrittenintheearlyseventeenthcentury,SirFrancisBacondeemedsoundtobe“oneofthesubtlestpiecesofnature,”buthecomplained,“thenatureofsoundingeneralhathbeensuperficiallyobserved.”Hisaccusationofsuperficialityfromtheperspectiveofthemoder
8、nviewpointwasjustifiedforhistime,notonlyforacoustics,butalsofornearlyallbranchesofphysicalscience.FrederickV.Hunt(1905–1967),oneofAmerica’sgreatestacousticalpioneers,p
