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Postgraduate Course: Acoustics (MUSI11047)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryAn introductory course on audible acoustic waves in air, and of the vibration of simple systems including strings, bars and membranes, as well as acoustic tubes.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Postgraduate Musical Applications of Fourier Theory and Digital Signal Processing (MUSI11034)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Postgraduates Only
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 16, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 21, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 9, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 150 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 100% problem sets (three)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate familiarity with the three-dimensional linear acoustic wave equation, understanding and explaining the assumptions and approximations made in its derivation.
  2. Define specific acoustic impedance, and derive the specific acoustic impedance for plane and spherical sound waves.
  3. Have familiarity with the wave equation for string vibration, and traveling wave decompositions.
  4. Have familiarity with the equation of motion of a vibrating bar and with the equation of motion of a vibrating membrane.
  5. Be capable of deriving expressions for modal shapes and frequencies for simple systems and be able to calculate expressions for phase and group velocity for a given system.
Reading List
Numerical Sound Synthesis: Finite Difference Schemes and SImulation in Musical Acoustics (Bilbao)

The Musician's Guide to Acoustics (Campbell and Greated)

Vibration and Sound (Morse)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsacoustics,musical instruments
Contacts
Course organiserDr Stefan Bilbao
Tel: (0131 6)51 7043
Email:
Course secretaryMrs Lyndsay Hagon
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email:
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