Contributors.

1. Basic Acoustical Quantities: Levels and Decibels (Leo L. Beranek).

2. Waves and Impedances (Leo L. Beranek).

3. Data Analysis (Allan G. Piersol).

4. Determination of Sound Power Levels and Directivity of Noise Sources (William W. Lang, George C. Maling, Jr., Matthew A. Nobile, and Jiri Tichy).

5. Outdoor Sound Propagation (Ulrich J. Kurze and Grant S. Anderson).

6. Sound in Small Enclosures (Donald J. Nefske and Shung H. Sung).

7. Sound in Rooms (Murray Hodgson and John Bradley).

8. Sound-Absorbing Materials and Sound Absorbers (Keith Attenborough and István L. Vér).

9. Passive Silencers (M. L. Munjal, Anthony G. Galaitsis and István L. Vér).

10. Sound Generation (István L. Vér).

11. Interaction of Sound Waves with Solid Structures (István L. Vér).

12. Enclosures, Cabins, and Wrappings (István L. Vér).

13. Vibration Isolation (Eric E. Ungar and Jeffrey A. Zapfe).

14. Structural Damping (Eric E. Ungar and Jeffrey A. Zapfe).

15. Noise of Gas Flows (H. D. Baumann and W. B. Coney).

16. Prediction of Machinery Noise (Eric W. Wood and James D. Barnes).

17. Noise Control in Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Systems (Alan T. Fry and Douglas H. Sturz).

18. Active Control of Noise and Vibration (Ronald Coleman and Paul J. Remington).

19. Damage Risk Criteria for Hearing and Human Body Vibration (Suzanne D. Smith, Charles W. Nixon and Henning E. Von Gierke).

20. Criteria for Noise in Buildings and Communities (Leo L. Beranek).

21. Acoustical Standards for Noise and Vibration Control (Angelo Campanella, Paul Schomer and Laura Ann Wilber).

Appendix A. General References.

Appendix B. American System of Units.

Appendix C. Conversion Factors.

Index.