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Acoustical Engineering
Also Known As Acoustic Engineering
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Acoustical engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with sound and vibration: noise control, architectural and room acoustics, loudspeaker and microphone design, and the vibration analysis of mechanical and structural systems, applying the physics of wave propagation to spaces, materials and electronic equipment alike.
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Origin YearMarks Wallace Sabine's reverberation-time research at Harvard, which turned room acoustics from guesswork into a measurable, designable science and founded architectural acoustics as a discipline. Core ConcernThe physics of sound and vibration applied to rooms, materials, structures and electronic systems, from concert-hall reverberation to loudspeaker design and industrial noise control. 1 Core PrincipleMeasure how sound and vibration propagate, reflect and absorb in a room, a material or an electronic circuit, then shape that path deliberately, whether the goal is a concert hall's reverberation time, a wall's sound isolation, or a loudspeaker's frequency response. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Acoustical engineering (also known as acoustic engineering) is the branch of engineering dealing with sound and vibration.
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