CONTENTS PREFACE xxv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxvii 1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 1 2. FUNDAMENT OF ACOUSTICS 37 3. HUMAN PERCEPTION AND REACTION TO SOUND 73 4. ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS AND NOISE METRICS 115 5. ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE 157 6. WAVE ACOUSTICS 199 7. SOUND AND SOLID SURFACE 235 8. SOUND IN ENCLOSED SPACES 285 9. SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS 315 10. SOUND TRANSMISSION IN BUILDINGS 351 11. VIBRATION AND VIBRATION ISOLATION 381 12. NOISE TRANSMISSION IN FLOOR SYSTEMS 417 13. NOISE IN MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 451 14. SOUND ATTENUATION IN DUCTS 481 15. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIE DWELLINGS 509 16. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF OFFICE BUILDINGS 543 17. DESIGN OF ROOMS FOR SPEECH 579 18.SOUND REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS 611 19. DESIGN OF ROOMS FOR MUSIC 653 20. DESIGN OF MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIA AND SANCTUARIES 697 21. DESIGN OF STUDIOS AND LISTENING ROOMS 741 22. ACOUSTIC MODELING, RAY TRACING, AND AURALIZATION 781 REFERENCES 813 INDEX 829