Educational guide 2013_14 Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Sound power measurement tests.	Acoustic variables. Sound field. Propagation. Uses of intensity and power. Sound intensity probes. Power measurement standards using acoustic pressure or intensity.
2. Models of radiation sources.	Directivity. Acoustic impedance. Monopole. Dipole. Monopole on infinite baffle. Baffled circular piston. Directivity measurement standards.
3. Vibrating systems.	Damped and forced oscillatory motion. Vibration of strings, bars, membranes and plates. The sound in tubes. Sound sources. Acoustic filters.
4. Specifications and measurement of electroacoustic systems.	Introduction to loudspeakers: baffles and crossovers. Acoustic measurement tests: measurement of speakers. Measurement of noise and nonlinear distortion.
5.Analogies and transduction.	Electro-mechano-acoustic systems. Equivalent circuits. Transduction
6. Speakers, horns and cabinets.	Equivalent model of an infinite baffle loudspeaker. Equivalent model of a cabinet with speaker. Horns.
7. Cabinet design.
8. Microphones.	A microphone equivalent model. Tank circuits.