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Cool stuff about acoustics
Did you ever wonder ...
- What is a decibel, and what is the loudest sound I can listen to before it hurts my ears?
- Can two cans and a string really be used to talk over a distance?
- Why can you hear the ocean when holding a seashell to your ear?
- How can you make a wine glass sing?
- How bats see?
- How whales communicate?
- How hearing works?
- How microphones work?
- How speakers work?
- How mufflers work?
- How guitars work?
- How movie sound works?
- If one ever sees the sound barrier being broken?
- What causes a sonic boom?
Learn more about Acoustics, Sound, and Noise ...
References
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Internet Handbook
Organizations
- Academia Links
- Acoustical Society of America
- Acoustics.org
- Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA
- Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
- Purdue Engineering - Ray W. Herrick Laboratories
- Virginia Tech - Vibration and Acoustics Laboratories
