Part I: Resource Pointers

1.1 What acoustic related news groups and FAQs are there ?

acoustics FAQ: What acoustic related news groups and FAQs are there ?

1.2 What World Wide Web sites are there ?

acoustics FAQ: What World Wide Web sites are there ?

1.3 What acoustics software is available on the Net ?

acoustics FAQ: What acoustics software is available on the Net ?

1.4 What acoustics books and journals are there ?

acoustics FAQ: What acoustics books and journals are there ?

Part II: Basic Acoustics

2.1 What is sound ?

acoustics FAQ: What is sound ?

2.2 What is a decibel (dB) ?

acoustics FAQ: What is a decibel (dB) ?

2.3 How is sound measured ?

acoustics FAQ: How is sound measured ?

2.4 What does dB(A) or "A-weighted" mean ?

acoustics FAQ: What does dB(A) or

2.5 How do sound levels add ?

acoustics FAQ: How do sound levels add ?

2.6 How does the ear work ?

acoustics FAQ: How does the ear work ?

2.7 At what level does sound become unsafe ?

acoustics FAQ: At what level does sound become unsafe ?

2.8 What is sound intensity ?

acoustics FAQ: What is sound intensity ?

2.9 How does sound decay with distance ?

acoustics FAQ: How does sound decay with distance ?

2.10 What is the sound power level ?

acoustics FAQ: What is the sound power level ?

2.11 What is the speed of sound in air, water .. ?

acoustics FAQ: What is the speed of sound in air, water .. ?

2.12 What is meant by loudness?

acoustics FAQ: What is meant by loudness?

Part III: Vibration

3.1 What is vibration ?

acoustics FAQ: What is vibration ?

3.2 How is vibration measured ?

acoustics FAQ: How is vibration measured ?

3.3 How is vibration isolated and controlled ?

acoustics FAQ: How is vibration isolated and controlled ?

Part IV: Architectural & Building Acoustics

4.1 What is reverberation time ?

acoustics FAQ: What is reverberation time ?

4.2 What is the sound absorption coefficient ?

acoustics FAQ: What is the sound absorption coefficient ?

4.3 What is the difference between insulation & absorption ?

acoustics FAQ: What is the difference between insulation & absorption ?

4.4 How is sound insulation measured ?

acoustics FAQ: How is sound insulation measured ?

4.5 How do I improve the noise insulation of my house/dwelling?

acoustics FAQ: How do I improve the noise insulation of my house/dwelling?

Part V: Miscellaneous Questions

6.10 What is the doppler effect ?

acoustics FAQ: What is the doppler effect ?

6.11 What is white noise, pink noise ?

acoustics FAQ: What is white noise, pink noise ?

6.1 What is active noise control ?

acoustics FAQ: What is active noise control ?

6.2 What causes a sonic boom ?

acoustics FAQ: What causes a sonic boom ?

6.3 Can you focus sound ?

acoustics FAQ: Can you focus sound ?

6.4 What is sonoluminescence ?

acoustics FAQ: What is sonoluminescence ?

6.5 Why does blowing over a bottle make a note ?

acoustics FAQ: Why does blowing over a bottle make a note ?

6.6 What is pitch ?

acoustics FAQ: What is pitch ?

6.7 What are musical intervals ?

acoustics FAQ: What are musical intervals ?

6.8 What causes "helium voice" ?

acoustics FAQ: What causes

6.9 What is structural acoustics ?

acoustics FAQ: What is structural acoustics ?

Part VI: Appendices

7.0 Index

acoustics FAQ: Index

8.1 Formula for A weighting

acoustics FAQ: Formula for A weighting

9.0 List of National Acoustical Societies

acoustics FAQ: List of National Acoustical Societies