Acoustics (ACS)

ACS 097 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ACS 401 GENERAL ACOUSTICS ( 3) Basic principles of acoustics; perception of sound; electroacoustic transducers and fundamentals of sound techniques. Offered for Communications Disorders and some nonscience majors. Prerequisite: 3 credits of Communication Disorders

ACS 402 INTRODUCTION TO ACOUSTICS ( 3) Basic principles of acoustics and perception of sound; fundamentals of applications: electroacoustic transducers, noise measurement and control, architectural and building acoustics, underwater sound. Offered for science and engineering majors. Prerequisite: PHYS 203

ACS 403 MODERN ELECTRONICS FOR ENGINEERING ACOUSTIC APPLICATIONS ( 3) A wide-ranging coverage of modern electronic technology and the application of this technical base to acoustics and acoustical problems. Prerequisite: PHYS 202

ACS 496 INDEPENDENT STUDIES ( 1 -18)

ACS 497 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ACS 498 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ACS 501 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS I ( 2) Vibrational concepts of acoustics: natural frequency and modes, resonances of lumped parameter systems, strings, elastic rods, beams and membranes. Prerequisite: PHYS 202 , PHYS 203 ; engineering mathematics including differential equations

ACS 502 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS II ( 2) Acoustical wave phenomena: propagation, transmission, reflection and energy; periodic and transient waves; plane, spherical, and standing waves. Prerequisite: PHYS 202 , PHYS 203 ; engineering mathematics including differential equations

ACS 505 EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN ACOUSTICS ( 2) Properties of acoustical and vibrational transducers, electronic and other instrumentation used in fundamental data measurement, acquisition and analysis. Prerequisite: ACS 501 , ACS 502

ACS 506 EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN OCEAN ACOUSTICS ( 2) Development of measurement techniques and experimental procedures for making acoustic measurements in the ocean. Prerequisite: ACS 501 , ACS 502 , ACS 505

ACS 510 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS ( 1 - 5) In-depth presentation of the fundamental principles of acoustics; designed to prepare students to take advanced courses in acoustics.

ACS 511 UNDERWATER SOUND PROPAGATION ( 2 - 3 per semester) Theoretical and empirical treatment of sound propagation in the ocean, including effects of the environment, characteristics of targets, and transducers.

ACS 512 SONAR ENGINEERING ( 1 - 3 per semester) Theoretical and empirical treatment of problems related to the use of underwater sound in target detection and ranging.

ACS 513 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ( 1 - 3 per semester) Discrete linear systems, transforms, digital filter design and applications, discrete fourier transforms, spectrum analysis.

ACS 514 ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS ( 3) The theory, design, and calibration of passive, linear, reciprocal electroacoustic transducers for use in both air and water media. Prerequisite: PHYS 443 or ACS 510

ACS 515 ACOUSTICS IN FLUID MEDIA ( 3) Wave propagation in stationary and moving fluids; acoustic radiation and scattering; standing waves in ducts and cavities. Prerequisite: E MCH 524A ; PHYS 443 or ACS 510

ACS 516 ACOUSTICAL DATA MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS ( 2 - 3) Presents the engineering applications of recent developments in correlation and spectral analysis to acoustical measurement problems.

ACS 517 TECHNIQUES FOR SOLVING ACOUSTIC FIELD PROBLEMS ( 3) Transient and time-harmonic acoustic radiation and scattering problems involving various boundary conditions, solved by exact, approximate, and numerical methods. Prerequisite: E MCH 524B , ACS 515

ACS 518 ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING ( 3) Basic concepts and application of adaptive signal processing techniques; adaptive filters, beamformers; optimum space/time processors and their adaptive implementation; adaptive algorithms. Prerequisite: E E 460 or MATH 409 ; E E 562

ACS 519 SOUND-STRUCTURE INTERACTION ( 3) Acoustic radiation from and effects of fluid-loading on vibrating infinite and finite plates and shells. Acoustic transmission through and reflection from elastic plates and shells, acoustic excitation of elastic plates and coupling between panels and acoustic spaces. Prerequisite: ACS 501 , ACS 502 , E MCH 524B ; or E MCH 525

ACS 521 (E MCH) STRESS WAVES IN SOLIDS ( 3) Recent advances in Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation: waves; reflection and refraction; horizontal shear; multi-layer structures; stress; viscoelastic media; testing principles. Prerequisite: E MCH 524A , E MCH 524B

ACS 530 FLOW-INDUCED NOISE ( 3) Introduction to the basic and applied aspects of flow-induced noise created by subsonic flows of various complexities. Prerequisite: ACS 501 and ACS 502

ACS 537 NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING I ( 3) As the first of three courses, this course provides an orientation to the program and covers fundamentals of noise control. Prerequisite: BS in engineering or related field, or instructor approval

ACS 538 NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING II ( 3) This course applies fundamentals of noise control covered in Noise Control Engineering I to the noise generation, propagation, measurement and effects. Prerequisite: BS in engineering or related field, or instructor approval

ACS 539 NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING III ( 3) This course covers advanced methods for the analyses of noise and vibration and treatments for control of noise and vibration. Prerequisite: BS in engineering or related field, or instructor approval

ACS 573 (M E) DESIGNING QUIET STRUCTURES ( 3) Course integrates structural dynamics, acoustics and optimization into unified method for designing quiet structures virtually for early product development. Prerequisite: M E 470 and ACS 502

ACS 590 COLLOQUIUM ( 1 - 3) Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.

ACS 594 RESEARCH TOPICS ( 1 -15) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.

ACS 596 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES ( 1 - 9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

ACS 597 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ACS 598 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

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Effective Date: Current

Review Date: 06/20/2008

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