"Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound."
A subfield that studies the behavior of sound waves and their interactions with matter.
Wave motion: Study of mechanical vibrations that propagate through matter and energy transfers that characterize how waves move.
Sound waves: Study of longitudinal pressure waves that propagate through various media, such as air, water, solids, and gases.
Frequency and period: Study of the basic properties of sound waves, such as frequency (cycles per second) and period (time between cycles).
Wavelength and velocity: Study of the characteristics of sound waves, such as wavelength (distance between cycles) and velocity (speed of wave propagation).
Amplitude and intensity: Study of the properties of sound waves, such as amplitude (distance from rest to crest) and intensity (amount of energy per unit area per unit time).
Reflection and transmission: Study of how sound waves are reflected and transmitted at boundaries between different media, such as air and solid objects.
Diffraction and interference: Study of how sound waves are diffracted and interfere with one another, resulting in unique acoustic characteristics.
Resonance and standing waves: Study of how sound waves can cause resonance and standing waves, which can enhance or interfere with the quality of sound.
Musical instruments and acoustics: Study of how musical instruments produce sound and how their design and materials affect the acoustic properties of the resulting sound.
Room acoustics and soundproofing: Study of how the shape, size, and materials of a room affect the acoustic properties of the sound within it and how sound can be insulated or absorbed for soundproofing purposes.
Speech acoustics and phonetics: Study of how speech is produced, transmitted, and understood in terms of acoustic patterns and phonetic principles.
Ultrasound and medical acoustics: Study of how ultrasound waves can be used for medical imaging and therapy, such as in ultrasound scans and sonography.
Architectural acoustics: Studies how sound behaves within enclosed spaces used for human interaction.
Aeroacoustics: Studies the generation and propagation of sound in relation to fluid motion, such as in aircraft or wind turbines.
Underwater acoustics: Studies how sound behaves in water and how it can be used to detect and communicate underwater.
Musical acoustics: Studies the physics of sound in musical instruments and its relationship to music theory.
Speech acoustics: Studies how speech sounds are produced, perceived, and analyzed.
Psychoacoustics: Studies how the human brain processes sound and how it affects perception.
Environmental acoustics: Studies how sound interacts with the environment and how it can be controlled or managed.
Ultrasound: Studies the use of high-frequency sound waves to create images or treat medical conditions.
Physical acoustics: Studies the fundamental properties of sound waves and their interaction with matter.
Nonlinear acoustics: Studies the behavior of sound in highly nonlinear media, such as intense waves or shock waves.
Vibration acoustics: Studies the relationship between sound and mechanical vibrations in structures.
Medical acoustics: Studies the use of sound waves for therapeutic purposes or medical imaging.
Virtual acoustics: Studies the use of computer algorithms to simulate and analyze sound in virtual environments.
Room acoustics: Studies how sound behaves within a single room, including the design of rooms to improve sound quality.
Industrial acoustics: Studies the management of occupational noise and vibration in industrial settings.
"A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician."
"...vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound."
"Someone working in the field of acoustics technology may be called an acoustical engineer."
"The application of acoustics is present in almost all aspects of modern society with the most obvious being the audio and noise control industries."
"Hearing is one of the most crucial means of survival in the animal world."
"Speech is one of the most distinctive characteristics of human development and culture."
"The science of acoustics spreads across many facets of human society—music, medicine, architecture, industrial production, warfare and more."
"Animal species such as songbirds and frogs use sound and hearing as a key element of mating rituals or for marking territories."
"Art, craft, science, and technology have provoked one another to advance the whole, as in many other fields of knowledge."
"Robert Bruce Lindsay's 'Wheel of Acoustics' is a well accepted overview of the various fields in acoustics."
"The study of acoustics is concerned with mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids."
"The science of acoustics spreads across many facets of human society—music, medicine, architecture, industrial production, warfare and more."
"The science of acoustics spreads across many facets of human society—music, medicine, architecture, industrial production, warfare and more."
"Animal species such as songbirds and frogs use sound and hearing as a key element of mating rituals or for marking territories."
"The application of acoustics is present in almost all aspects of modern society..."
"Hearing is one of the most crucial means of survival in the animal world."
"Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of... sound, ultrasound and infrasound."
"The science of acoustics spreads across many facets of human society—music, medicine, architecture, industrial production, warfare and more."
"Speech is one of the most distinctive characteristics of human development and culture."