NPC Resources: Resources and Demonstrations for Teaching Acoustics

"Good neighbors keep their noise to themselves."

Resources for Teaching Acoustics

musical acoustics | ocean acoustics | university research | university demonstrations | miscellaneous acoustics

http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/CCRMA/Collections/MARL -- Musical acoustics research library (Gary Scavone, CCRMA, Stanford University)

http://www.tml.hut.fi/Research/DIVA/vsop.html -- Virtual orchestra (TML, Finland)

http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu -- Computer research in music (Stanford University)

Ocean Acoustics (back to top)

http://oalib.saic.com -- Ocean acoustics (SACLANT and Scripps Inst. of Oceanography)

http://www.umassd.edu/Public/People/Kamaral/thesis/marinemammalacoustics.html -- Marine mammals (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)

http://oalib.saic.com -- Ocean acoustics library (Mike Porter)

University Research (back to top)

http://www.acs.psu.edu/users/sparrow/animations.html -- Animations (Vic Sparrow, Penn State)

http://www.pa.msu.edu/acoustics -- Psychoacoustics and other (Bill Hartmann, Michigan State U)

http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos.html -- Acoustics and wave animations (Dan Russell, Kettering University) http://www.physics.auburn.edu/demo/waves/waves.htm -- Acoustics demonstrations (Auburn U.) physics.indiana.edu/~demos/sounddemo.htm -- Acoustics demonstrations (Indiana U.)

http://www.physics.gatech.edu/demopage/3/index3.htm -- Georgia Tech.

http://www.me.psu.edu/lamancusa/me458/me458.htm -- Noise control course (John Lamencusa, Penn State)

http://www.acoustics.ece.umassd.edu -- Animations of the modes of membranes and the directivity patterns of linear arrays.(David Brown, U. Mass Dartmouth)

http://widget.ecn.purdue.edu/~me615/ -- Acoustics course (Luc Mongeau, Purdue)

Demonstration experiments in physics (back to top) Many physics departments list their demonstration experiments on a website. Some sites have detailed descriptions and photographs so that these demonstrations can easily be reproduced. The Physics Instructional Resource Association (PIRA) maintins an excellent bibliography of demonstration experiments.

http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/pira/oandw.html -- PIRA bibliography of demonstrations on oscillations and waves

http://www.physics.umd.edu/deptinfo/facilities/lecdem/dialhtm -- U. of Maryland

http://www.physics.brown.edu/studies/demo -- Brown U.

http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/physics.html -- U. of California, Berkeley

hendrix.uoregon.edu/~demo/Demo/demo.html -- U. of Oregon

http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/demoroom -- North Carolina State U.

http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~phy-demo -- U. Texas

http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/physics/physdemo.html -- U. Washington

http://www.physcis.unc.edu/~labs/demo/demo.html -- U. North Carolina

http://demo2.physics.wisc.edu -- U. Wisconsin

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy -- Boston U.

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/demo/demo.html -- U. of Guelph

http://www.phys.vt.edu:80/teaching/demos.html -- Virginia Tech

http://www.wfu.edu/academic-departments/physics/demolabs/demos -- Wake Forest U.

http://www.pa.msu.edu:80/educ/lecdemo.htm -- Michigan State U.

http://www.missouri.edu/~physic -- U. of Missouri

http://www.physics.gatech.edu/demopage -- Georgia Tech.

http://www.phys.ufl.edu/demoprep/data/view/index_win.html -- U. of Florida

http://www.vmi.edu/physics/minnx.htm -- VMI

http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/say -- Text to speech interface

http://www.loa.espci.fr/sfa/fr/gsam/jp -- Courses on percussive instruments, brass instruments, piano, violin, flute and clarinet (Musical acoustics group in the French acoustical society (SFA))

http://library.thinkquest.org/19537 -- The Soundry, an interactive website on sound on a basic level with several links (Alex Kulesza, David Green, and Granite Christopher).

http://www.bixby.org/faq/tinnitus.html -- Tinittus

http://newport.pmel.noaa.gov/whales/acoustics.html -- Underwater acoustics (U. of Washington)

http://newport.pmel.noaa.gov/whales -- Whale acoustics (U. Washington)

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/%7Ejw/musical.html -- Musical acoustics (U. New South Wales)

http://www.speech.kth.se -- Speech and musical acoustics (KTH, Stockholm)

http://www.dolphinear.com/de-library.htm -- Dolphin ear library

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA012709/e_index.html -- Ship sounds (SID, the submarine project)

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/bugbites.htm -- Bug sounds (U. of Kentucky)

http://www.oakcroft13.fsnet.co.uk -- Bell sounds

http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/guitar -- Guitar acoustics (Joe Wolfe and John Smith, Univ. New South Wales); see also /violin and /flute

http://www.nps.gov/planning/samo/cala/tbl6-29.htm -- Sound Levels of Typical Noise Sources - a chart (Ogden Environmental)

http://ctl.augie.edu/perry/ear/hearmech.htm -- Virtual tour of the ear (Perry Hanaran, Augustana College)

http://www.fact.usu.edu/ece3260/Module2/webact/earpage.htm -- Human ear

http://faculty.millikin.edu/~jaskill.nsm.faculty.mu/musicinfo3.html -- Physics of music (John Askill, Millikan University)

http://www.theshop.net/campbell/mcgurk.htm -- The McGurk Effect home page

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozscience/s/520640.html -- A to Z Science (Discovery) - Sound

http://www.bamaed.ua.edu/~wdwyer/ElemMethods/scilinks.html -- for teachers

http://www.myschoolonline.com/site/0,1876,17934-135618-21-20462,00.html -- Learning network

http://www.sciencegems.com/physical.html#8 --

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/index.html#waves -- Wave animations

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/projects/yep/music/mustupa.html -- www.physics.auburn.edu/demo/demo.html physics.indiana.edu/~demos/sounddemo.htm

http://www.physics.gatech.edu/demopage/3/index3.htm

http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/pira/oandw.html

http://info.phys.uvic.ca/dbr/resman/acoustics.html.

http://www.800nonoise.com/tutorial.htm -- Tutorial on noise and vibration control with links

http://www.nonoise.org/news/noisenew.htm

http://www.lhh.org/noise/index.htm

http://www.cenyc.org/HTMLPE/noise.htm

http://www.swri.org/10light/home.htm

http://www.hearnet.com/

http://astro.physics.sc.edu/S&ST/S&ST.html -- “String and sticky tape” demos (Ron Edge, U. South Carolina)

http://www.webnote.com/stach.htm -- “Say What Club” (chats about cochlear implants)

http://catalog.com/hitekweb/acoustics.htm -- Underwater sound and sonar

Miscellaneous Acoustics (back to top)

http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Acoustics -- Yahoo site with links to sonoluminescence, noise control

http://www.ecgcorp.com/velav/ -- Descriptions of books in acoustics (Edge Consulting Group).

http://www.campanellaacoustics.com/faq.htm -- Acoustics FAQ (Capanella Associates)

http://www.iversonsoftware.com/reference/acoustics.html -- Acoustics glossary (Iverson Software)

http://info.phys.uvic.ca/dbr/resman/acoustics.html -- U. Victoria

http://www.lanl.gov/thermoacoustics -- Thermoacoustics (Los Alamos National Lab)

http://www.soundsoft.demon.co.uk -- Boundary element and other software (Integrated Sound Software, UK)

http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/acoustics -- National Physical Laboratory (UK)

http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/r320/ -- Discrete Fourier transform (Julius Smith)

http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/waveguide/ -- Digital waveguide modeling (Julius Smith)

http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/resample/ -- Digital audio resampling (Julius Smith)

www.vibroacoustics.info -- Developed by Stephen Kirkup, Integrated Sound Software

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