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Advanced Structural Dynamics and Acoustics (13.811) >> Content Detail



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13.811 is split into two segments: structural dynamics for the first half of the semester and acoustics for the second half. 

NOTE: Only the acoustics component is available on this site. The structural dynamics component has not yet been incorporated into OCW.

The chapters referred to in the table below are from the text: Amazon logo Williams, E. G. Fourier Acoustics: Sound Radiation and Nearfield Acoustical Holography. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780127539607. (Background Reading: Section 1)
 

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Structural Dynamics
1-13Structural Dynamics
Acoustics
14Introduction

The Acoustic Wave Equation
Chap. 2.1-2.3
15Helmholtz Equation

Plane Waves

Wavenumber Representation
Chap. 2.4-2.6
16Radiation from Infinite Plate

2-d Wavenumber Space

Spherical Waves from Point Source
Chap. 2.7-2.8
17Directivity Function

Radiation from Baffled Rectangular Piston
Chap. 2.11.1-2.11.5
18Radiation from Planar SourcesChap. 2.11.6 and 2.12-2.13
19Radiation from Elastic PlatesChap. 2.14-2.15
20Quiz
21Spherical Waves

Spherical Harmonics
Chap. 6.1-6.4
22Spherical Multipole RadiationChap. 6.5-6.6
23Scattering from SpheresChap. 6.1
24Cylindrical WavesChap. 4.1-4.3
25Helical WavesChap. 4.4
26Radiation from CylindersChap. 4.5-4.7

 








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