Applied Acoustics Course - A.Y. 2012/2013

Course Calendar with link to PPT presentations, AVI audio-video recordings and handouts

 

N.

Date

Time

Topic

Presentation

Recording

Handout

Score

0

05/10/2012

14.30-15.40

Course introduction, program, web page

Angelo Farina

HTML

AVI

 

 

1

05/10/2012

15.50-16.50

Nature of sound, fundamental physical quantities

Diana Petrolo

PPT

AVI

DOC

4

2

05/10/2012

17.00-18.00

Energy & Sound, scale of decibels

Samanta Robuschi

PPT

AVI

DOC

3

3

12/10/2012

14.30-15.40

Human auditory system, loudness evaluation, weighting curves

Daniele Friggeri

PPT

AVI

DOC

4

4

12/10/2012

15.50-16.50

The Sound Level Meter, equivalent level, calibration, time history with different time constants (slow, fast, etc.)

Francesco Valenti

PPT

AVI

5

5

12/10/2012

17.00-18.00

Sum and subtraction of values in dB,  examples of dB summation, Spectral Analysis, FFT, octave bands, Bark bands

Andrea Giannetti

PPT

AVI

DOC

5

6

19/10/2012

14.30-15.40

Free Field sound propagation, point sources, spherical divergence, directivity

Matteo Meschieri

PPT

AVI

DOC

5

7

19/10/2012

15.50-16.50

Linear sources, cylindrical divergence, excess attenuation

Martina Miraglia

PPT

AVI

DOC

4

8

19/10/2012

17.00-18.00

Noise screens, Maekawa formulas, examples

Alessandro Ghiacci

PPT

AVI

DOC

4

9

26/10/2012

14.30-15.40

Indoor sound propagation, semi-reverberant field, critical distance

Gianmaria Gennari

PPT

AVI

DOC

4

10

26/10/2012

15.50-16.50

Reverberation time, definition and Sabine's formula

Luca Colombo

PPT

AVI

DOC

3

11

26/10/2012

17.00-18.00

Environmental correction factor K2, sound propagation inside not-Sabinian rooms.
Gabriele Mazzoni

PPT

AVI

DOC

3

12

09/11/2012

14.30-15.40

Digital sampling of sound, digital filters, FFT, convolution in time and frequency domain

Ferrari Gabriele

PPT

AVI

DOC

2

13

09/11/2012

15.50-16.50

Measurement of impulse response: impulsive sources, microphones

Vaiti Valentina

PPT

AVI

DOC

1

14

09/11/2012

17.00-18.00

Measurement of impulse response: loudspeakers, MLS and ESS methods

Gazza Manuel

PPT

AVI

DOC

2

15

16/11/2012

14.30-15.40

ISO3382 standard, acoustical parameters: T20, T30, EDT, Clarity, Definition, Center Time, IACC, Jlf, G

Brianti Giovanni

PPT

AVI

DOC

4

16

16/11/2012

15.50-16.50

Speech Transmission Index: measurement and calculation

Biancardi Francesco

PPT

AVI

DOC

2

17

16/11/2012

17.00-18.00

Sound absorbing materials, typical products. Example of measurement of Alpha Sabine according to ISO 354 (reverberant room)

Capriotti Susanna

PPT

AVI

DOC

4

18

23/11/2012

14.30-15.40

Sound insulating materials, typical products. Frequency dependence of the Sound Reduction Index R, the Mass law, resonances and coincidence.

Owusu Samuel

PPT

AVI

DOC

1

19

23/11/2012

15.50-16.50

Italian law about building acoustics (DPCM 5/12/1997), experimental assessment of compliance

Minardi Stefano

PPT

AVI

DOC

2

20

23/11/2012

17.00-18.00

Italian law about environmental noise (L. 447/1995), acoustical zoning, the new EC standards based on Lden

Zanardi Federico

PPT

AVI

DOC

3

21

30/11/2012

14.30-15.40

The Single Event Level (SEL) and its usage for evaluation of transportation noise

Bussolati Federico

PPT

AVI

DOC

5

22

30/11/2012

15.50-16.50

Examples and exercises regarding environmental noise


AVI


 

23

30/11/2012

17.00-18.00

Examples and exercises regarding noise at the workplace


AVI


 

24

07/12/2012

14.30-15.40

Digital Sound Processing, FIR and IIR filters, FFT, aliasing, windows, spectrogram - Matteo Maestri

PPT

AVI

DOC

2

25

07/12/2012

15.50-16.50

Fast convolution by FFT, partitioned convolution, computation of FIR coefficients for inverse filters, the Kirkeby inversion - Gian Maria Marconi

PPT

AVI

DOC

4

26

07/12/2012

17.00-18.00

Measurement of the absorption coefficient: reverberant room, standing wave tube, sound intensity method, impulsive method

Freddi Chiara

PPT

AVI

DOC

3

27

14/12/2012

14.30-15.40

Techniques employed for sound recording and reproduction, mono, stereo, multichannel, 3D, the Soundfield microphone, Ambisonics

Mori Andrea

PPT

AVI

DOC

3

28

14/12/2012

15.50-16.50

Wave Field Synthesis (WFS), loudspeaker arrays, the Casa del Suono lab in Parma

Addona Fabio

PPT

AVI

DOC

5

29

14/12/2012

17.00-18.00

Microphone arrays, virtual microphones, the RAI project

Morini Claudio

PPT

AVI

DOC

1

30

21/12/2012

14.30-15.40

Simulation of sound propagation  outdoors employing the DISIA/CITYMAP software package

Andrea De Dominicis

PPT

AVI

DOC

2

31

21/12/2012

15.50-16.50

Simulation of sound propagation indoors employing the RAMSETE/AURORA software package

Andrea De Dominicis


AVI

DOC

  3

32

07/01/2012

09.00-13.00

Lab Experiments about impulse response measurements with Aurora




 

33

09/01/2012

09.00-13.00

Lab Experiments about computer simulation of sound inside a room with Ramsete




 

34

11/01/2012

09.00-13.00

Lab Experiments about computer simulations of sound propagation outdoors with DISIA package.




 

Legenda:

1-23

Lessons followed both by students of Engineering (6 CFU) and by students of Techniques of Prevention (3 CFU)

24-31

Lessons followed by students of Engineering (6 CFU) only

32-34

Lab sessions, mandatory for students who want to make their Thesis in Applied Acoustics

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Last revision: 9 February 2013