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It is well known that noise control at the source is the most cost-effective. Designing for quietness is therefore the most important concept in Engineering Acoustics or Technical Acoustics. The IUTAM Symposium on Designing for Quietness held at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in December 2000, was probably the first on this topic anywhere in the world. Papers were invited from reputed researchers and professionals spread over several countries. 18 of the 21 papers presented in the Symposium are included in these proceedings after rigorous review, revision and editing. This volume covers a large number of applications, such as silencers, lined ducts, acoustic materials, source characterization, acoustical design of vehicle cabs, ships, space antennas, MEMS pressure transducer etc., active control of structure-borne noise and cavities, SEA for engine noise and structural acoustic modelling with application to design of quieter panels. A list of references at the end of every paper will provide sources for further reading.
This book aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas between otosurgeons and engineers on common topics such as middle ear function, tympanoplasty, implantable hearing devices and ear prostheses. Due to recent advances in technology, gene-therapy and tissue-engineering procedures will also be important issues in the treatment of middle ear disease.
In the summer of 2006, the 5th International Symposium on Middle Ear Mechanics in Research and Otology was held at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. More than 250 participants from 33 countries in all five continents came together to present their most current research results, exchange their knowledge in practical applications, to discuss open questions and discover new unsolved problems.This book includes representative, peer-reviewed articles of the lectures and papers presented during the symposium, and thereby gives an overview of the ongoing research and current knowledge in the function and mechanics of the normal, diseased and reconstructed middle ear. It covers basic research, engineering and clinical aspects of evaluation, diagnosis and surgery of the middle ear as well as implantable hearing devices in a very broad and interdisciplinary way. Following the tradition of the organizers of the previous conferences to collect the contributions of the symposium, this volume further initialized and promotes many fruitful discussions on middle ear mechanics with different points of view.
Bringing together the world's leading researchers and practitioners of computational mechanics, these new volumes meet and build on the eight key challenges for research and development in computational mechanics.Researchers have recently identified eight critical research tasks facing the field of computational mechanics. These tasks have come about because it appears possible to reach a new level of mathematical modelling and numerical solution that will lead to a much deeper understanding of nature and to great improvements in engineering design.The eight tasks are: - The automatic solution of mathematical models - Effective numerical schemes for fluid flows - The development of an effect...
Die Lommatzscher Pflege ist nicht nur die sächsische Kornkammer, sondern ist ebenso wie die angrenzende Wilsdruffer Hochfläche auch archäologischer Hot-Spot und Lebensraum botanischer und zoologischer Raritäten. Der Band stellt in einem ganzheitlichen Ansatz die Zusammenhänge zwischen Natur- und Kulturraum ausführlich dar. Themenkästen, aufwändig gestaltete Karten und Grafiken sowie weitere Abbildungen illustrieren die von Autorinnen und Autoren verschiedenster Fachrichtungen verfassten Texte und machen das Buch auch zu einem optischen Genuss. Exkursionsroutenempfehlungen geben Anregung zum eigenen Erleben der Landschaft südwestlich der Elbe mit den beiden namengebenden Städten und zahlreichen Dörfern. Über QR-Codes und aktive Weblinks können weitergehende Informationen abgerufen werden.
How does the structure of the ear define normal auditory function and how do pathologically and surgically induced changes in the ear structure change hearing? This volume presents the results of the Euromech Colloquium on 'Biomechanics of Hearing'. Attended by experts - engineers, physicists, audiologists - active in different fields of modern measurement techniques, modeling and simulation and microsurgery with applications to hearing. Common themes were the description of auditory function on the basis of mathematical models of the middle and inner ear and identification, i.e. the use of measurements of middle and inner ear function to evaluate the parameters of the suggested models for normal, pathological and reconstructed ears and to refine them in their structure. The collected papers point out the positive accomplishments that can be derived from quantitative multidisciplinary approaches to hearing science. This volume is indispensable reading for audiologists, physicians and hearing scientists interested in the mechanics and acoustics of the auditory periphery.
Zwischen Humor und Repression In der dreibändigen, neugestalteten Buchreihe schildern Autorinnen und Autoren in über 90 Beiträgen ihre Studienzeit an den Hochschulen und Universitäten der DDR. Sie berichten vom Aufbruch der Nachkriegszeit, von Hoffnungen und Illusionen, von humorvollen Erlebnissen und besonderen Ereignissen, aber auch von den Zwängen der Anpassung und den Repressionen - bis hin zum Ende der 1980er-Jahre.