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ACOUSTICS
SCIENCE & TREATMENT OF SOUND 1. Cycle - full circuit of particle
SOUND ABSORPTION 3. Flutter - rapid succession of echoes caused by the reflection of sound
waves back and forth between two parallel surfaces
Process of dissipating sound energy by converting it into heat
4. Creep/ Crawl - reflection of sound from a curved surface
SOUND
Fluctuation in pressure, particle displacement in elastic medium 5. Sound Foci
SABIN 6. Diffusion - sound is everywhere
unit of absorption equivalent to 1 sq ft of perfectly absorptive material
7. Refraction - when traveling forward in a straight path, it changes direction as
it passes through different density and causes sound wave to
bend
Frequency - expressed in hertz
Decibel - unit of sound 8. Diffraction - acoustic phenomenon which causes sound wave to bend
Noise - unwanted sound
Decay time - reverberation tie 9. Focusing - sound waves reflected from a concave surface
Hertz - the SI unit of frequency