Professor: Thomas Rossing (rossing@ccrma.stanford.edu)
Class meeting: MW 10:30 am – 12:00 pm in the CCRMA Seminar Room at the Knoll
Office hours: MW 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, T/Th by appointment (CCARH wing)
Textbook:
Principles of Vibration and Sound (2nd Edition) ("PVS")
by Thomas D. Rossing, Neville H. Fletcher
Publisher: Springer (2004)
or (if you have it already):
The Physics of Musical Instruments
by Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas D. Rossing
Recommended References:
The Science of Sound (3rd Edition)
by Thomas D. Rossing, F. Richard Moore, Paul A. Wheeler
Publisher: Addison Wesley (2002)
Springer Handbook of Acoustics
edited by Thomas Rossing (Springer 2007)
Schedule, Notes, Assignments:
updated 10 March 2008
Week 1 (Weds 1/09):
Lecture Notes: Ch1 - Vibration and Sound; PVS Ch1, Probs1-7
Week 2 (Mon 1/14 & Weds 1/16):
Lecture Notes: Ch2 - Strings and Bars; PVS Ch1, Probs8-14; PVS Ch2, Probs1-7
Week 3 (NO CLASS MONDAY; Weds 1/23):
PVS Ch2, Probs8-13; read PVS Ch3
Week 4 (Mon 1/28 & Weds 1/30):
Lecture Notes: Ch3 - Membranes and Plates; PVS Ch3, Probs1-8; read PVS Ch4
Week 5 (Mon 2/4 & Weds 2/6):
Lecture Notes: Ch4 - Coupled Vibrating Systems; PVS Ch4, Probs1-6; read PVS Ch6
Week 6 (Mon 2/11 & Weds 2/13):
Midterm Exam: Chapters 1-4
COMSOL Acoustics Workshop, Dr. John Dunec
Week 7 (Weds 2/20):
Lecture Notes: Ch6 - Sound Waves in Air; Probs1-8; read PVS Ch7
Week 8 (Mon 2/25 & Weds 2/27):
Lecture Notes: Ch7 - Sound Radiation; PVS Ch7, Probs1-7; read PVS Ch8
Week 9 (Mon 3/2 & Weds 3/5):
Lecture Notes: Ch8 - Pipes and Horns; PVS Ch8, Probs1-7; read PVS Ch10 & Ch11
Lecture Notes: Ch10 - Loudspeakers & Microphones
Week 10 (Mon 3/10 & Weds 3/12):
Special Lecture, Monday March 10: Acoustics of Bells, 12 noon in CCRMA Classroom (Knoll 217)
Lecture Notes: Concert Halls & Studios; Ch 11, Probs1-8