promote international cooperation within different specific fields of acoustics, provide assistance in organizing EAA events, suggest special issues for Acta Acustica or Acoustics in Practice, initiate studies and prepare documents such as strategies, policy statements, state-of-the-art assessments, reports, etc, within its defined technical field.

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Room Acoustics

Chalmers University of Technology

Docent
  • Wolfgang Kropp
Type
Lecture
Term
spring semester
Subject type
Elective
Study path
MSc Programme Sound and Vibration
Specialisation/branch
Keywords
Sound propagation in rooms: the sound field at an impedance interface, physical room acoustics, geometrical room acoustics, statistical room acoustics, diffuse sound fields. Techniques for room acoustic planning: Scale and Computer modelling, training in the use of architectural acoustics software (CATT-Acoustic), auralization & binaural techniques Measurement methods for determining a room's acoustic properties. Design of sound absorbers and scatterers. Use of sound absorbers and scatterers for altering room response. Participation in the yearly student competition of he Acoustical Society of America. Group activities with architect, acoustic consultants, and musicians.
Total ECTS credit
7.5
Examination
written exam, engineering task
Language
Webpage
http://www.ta.chalmers.se/education/course-descriptions/room-acoustics/
Last modified
May 2, 2022, 10:15 p.m.

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