Download or read book Principles of Vibration and Sound written by Thomas D. Rossing and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal text for advanced undergraduates, the book provides the foundations needed to understand the acoustics of rooms and musical instruments as well as the basics for scientists and engineers interested in noise and vibration. The new edition contains four new chapters devoted primarily to applications of acoustical principles in everyday life: Microphones and Other Transducers, Sound in Concert Halls and Studios, Sound and Noise Outdoors; and Underwater Sound.