the course of consecutive experiments in this report aimed to a research or introductory identification about mechanical and acoustical properties of maple (acer velutinum) wood. studied factors were included quality factor (due to internal friction), acoustic coefficient, acoustical conversion efficiency as well as the modulus of elasticity (young’s modulus) which they were all accomplished us...

Noise exposure is known to cause hearing loss and a variety of disturbances, such as annoyance, hypertension and loss of sleep. It is generally accepted that these situations are caused by the acoustical events processed by the auditory system. However, there are acoustical events that are not necessarily processed by the auditory system, but that nevertheless cause harm. Infrasound and low fre...

Acoustical signals from mechanical systems reveal the operating conditions of mechanical components and thus benefit for machinery condition monitoring and fault diagnosis. However, the acoustical signals directly measured by the sensors in essential are the mixed signals of all the sources, and normally it is very difficult to be used for source identification or operating feature extraction. ...

Field studies on traffic noise-induced annoyance have predominantly used estimated outside noise levels. We intended to complement existing knowledge with exposure–response relationships that are based precise indoor measurements. Acoustic recordings inside the bedrooms of nightly road and ratings in following morning were obtained from 40 suburban residents (mean age 29.1 years ± 11.7; 26 fema...