These are my favorite acoustics- and signal processing-related textbooks. ATI's instructors have found the following books useful in the field of acoustics. We have provided recommendations for books that we recommend for purchase for a personal library for the professional working in underwater acoustics (7 books), signal processing (2 books) or commercial in-air acoustics, noise and vibration (4 books). We have also included a complete listing of published books that we are familiar with from our work.
This is a first listing developed with library research and after consultation with ATI's instructors. There are likely gaps in coverage and we may have inadvertently omitted some texts that should be included. We solicit your additions, comments and suggestions via Email to ATIcourses@aol.com .
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ATIcourses Recommended Personal Library for Underwater Acoustics
Author: Urick, Robert J. Title: Principles of underwater sound Edition: 3rd edition ISBN: 0070660875 Publication info: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1983. (Peninsula Publishing) Physical description: xiii, 423 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Sonar principles Comments: The classic and most widely used work on sonar and underwater acoustics. The text is rich with useful plots of noise, transmission loss, radiated noise, reverberation data. This is a must have textbook if you are working in underwater acoustics. Author: Burdic, William S. Title: Underwater acoustic system analysis Edition: 2nd edition ISBN: 0139476075 Publication info: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1991. Physical description: xiii, 466 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: System analysis. Comments: This is the best textbook for understanding sonar systems analysis and performance predictions. Author: Urick, Robert J. Title: Sound propagation in the sea Publication info: Los Altos, Calif.: Peninsula, c1982. ISBN: 0932146082 Physical description: 226 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 27 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Sound--Transmission--Measurement. Comments: Underwater sound propagation is the factor that makes underwater acoustics so variable and interesting. This is a good tutorial without the math and details. Includes sound propagation, deep sound channel, convergence zones, reliable acoustic path and more. This book plus the text by Paul Etter are recommended for understanding underwater propagation. Author: Etter, Paul C. Title: Underwater acoustic modeling : principles, techniques and applications Edition: 2nd edition ISBN: 0419201904 Publication info: London : New York : E &FN Spon, 1996. Physical description: xiv, 344 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics--Mathematical models. Comments: The authoritative source for information about the models for predicting underwater acoustics performance. Author: Kinsler, Lawrence E. Author: Frey, Austin R. Title: Fundamentals of acoustics Edition: 3rd edition ISBN: 0471097438 Publication info: New York : Wiley, c1982. Physical description: xvi, 480 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. General note: Includes index. Subject: Sound-waves. Subject: Sound--Equipment and supplies. Subject: Architectural acoustics. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Comments: The underlying physics of acoustics and a good first book on acoustics. Author: Medwin, Herman, Title: Fundamentals of acoustical oceanography Publication info: Boston : Academic Press, c1998. ISBN: 012487570X Physical description: xx, 712 p. : ill. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Oceanography and acoustics Comments: Acoustics and oceanography blended together in a single textbook. Author: Ross, Donald, Title: Mechanics of underwater noise Publication info: New York : Pergamon Press, c1976. ISBN: 0080211828. 008021181X pbk. Physical description: xiv, 375 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Radiated noise of ships and submarines Comments: The classic textbook to understand the physics of radiated noise.
Comments: The text covers every aspect of noise and vibration control. Examines engineering principles for designing quiet conditions into pumps and power plant equipment, air conditioning systems, industrial machinery, factories and more.ATIcourses Recommended Personal Library for In-Air Acoustics, Noise and Vibration
Author: Beranek, Leo Leroy, Author: Ver, I. L. (Istvan L.), Title: Noise and vibration control engineering : principles and applications Publication info: New York : Wiley, c1992. ISBN: 0471617512 Physical description: x, 804 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. Subject: Noise control. Subject: Vibration. Subject: Soundproofing.
Author:Malcolm J.Crocker Title: Handbook of Acoustics Hardcover - 1488 pages 1 edition (1998) John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 047125293X Subject: Noise. Subject: Vibration. Author: Harris, Cyril M., Title: Handbook of acoustical measurements and noise control Edition: 3rd edition Publication info: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1991 ISBN: 0070268681. Physical description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject: Noise control. Subject: Sound--Measurement. Subject: Vibration--Measurement.
Author: Kinsler, Lawrence E. Author: Frey, Austin R. Title: Fundamentals of acoustics Edition: 3rd edition ISBN: 0471097438 Publication info: New York : Wiley, c1982. Physical description: xvi, 480 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subject: Sound-waves. Subject: Sound--Equipment and supplies. Subject: Architectural acoustics. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Comments: The underlying physics of acoustics and a good first book on acoustics.
ATIcourses Recommended Personal Library for Signal Processing
Author: Kay, Steven M. Title: Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing (Volumes I and II) Publication info: New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 1993 ISBN: 0133457117 (Volume I) ISBN: 013504135x (Volume II) Physical description: x, 560 p. Subject: Detection and Estimation Theory Subject: Signal Processing. Comments: Comprehensive review of signal processing and signal detection with MATLAB code to solve practical problems. The MATLAB programs are great time savers.
Extended List of Textbooks Related to Acoustics and Underwater AcousticsAuthor: Albers, Vernon Martin, Title: Underwater sound Publication info: Stroudsburg, Pa., Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross [1972] ISBN: 0879330066 Physical description: xii, 468 p. illus. 27 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Author: Albers, Vernon Martin, Title: Underwater acoustics handbook ... Publication info: Pennsylvania State University Press [c1960] ISBN: Physical description: 290 p. illus. 24 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Author: Albers, Vernon Martin, Title: Underwater acoustics instrumentation Publication info: Pittsburgh, Instrument Society of America [1969] ISBN: Physical description: x, 89 p. illus. 23 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics--Instruments. Author: Belderson, R. H. Title: Sonographs of the sea floor; a picture atlas Publication info: Amsterdam, New York; Elsevier Pub. Co., 1972. ISBN: 044440984X Physical description: 185 p. illus. (part col.) 30 cm. Subject: Submarine geology--Pictorial works. Subject: Ocean--Pictorial works. Subject: Sonar Author: Bobber, Robert J., Title: Underwater electroacoustic measurements Publication info: Washington, Naval Research Laboratory; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1970. Physical description: vii, 333 p. illus. 24 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Electro-acoustics. Author: Burdic, William S. Title: Underwater acoustic system analysis Edition: 2nd edition Publication info: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1991. ISBN: 0139476075 Physical description: xiii, 466 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: System analysis. Author: Boyles, C. Allan (Charles Allan), Title: Acoustic waveguides : applications to oceanic science Publication info: New York : Wiley, c1984. Physical description: xii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0471887714 Subject: Underwater acoustics theory. Subject: Wave guides. Subject: Wave equation. Subject: Oceanography. Author: Brekhovskikh, L. M. (Leonid Maksimovich). Title: Fundamentals of ocean acoustics Edition: 2nd edition Publication info: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, c1991. Physical description: xii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0387529764 (New York) Subject: Underwater acoustics. Author: Camp, Leon, Title: Underwater acoustics Publication info: New York, Wiley-Interscience [1970] Physical description: xi, 308 p. illus. 24 cm. ISBN: 471131504 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Author: Caruthers, Jerald W. Title: Fundamentals of marine acoustics Publication info: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ; New York : distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier North-Holland, 1977. Physical description: ix, 153 p. : ill. ; 25 cm ISBN: 0444415521 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Author: Clay, Clarence S. (Clarence Samuel), Title: Acoustical oceanography : principles and applications Publication info: New York : Wiley, c1977. Physical description: xviii, 544 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0471160415." Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Seawater--Acoustic properties. Subject: Oceanography. Author: Coates, R. F. W. (Rodney F. W.) Title: Underwater acoustic systems Publication info: New York : Halsted Press, 1989. Physical description: x, 188 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 0470215445 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Author: Cox, Albert W. Title: Sonar and underwater sound Publication info: Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books, [1974] Physical description: xx, 144 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0669959359 Subject: Sonar. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Anti-submarine warfare. Author: Edgerton, Harold Eugene, Title: Sonar images Publication info: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1986. Physical description: viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ISBN: 0138226512 ISBN: 013822644X (pbk.) Subject: Side-scan sonar Author: Etter, Paul C. Title: Underwater acoustic modeling : principles, techniques and applications Edition: 2nd edition Publication info: London : New York : E &FN Spon, 1996. Physical description: xiv, 344 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 0419201904 Subject: Underwater acoustics--Mathematical models. Author: Frisk, George V. Ocean and Seabed Acoustics : A Theory of Wave Propagation Paperback - 500 pages Facsimile edition (January 1994) Prentice Hall ISBN: 0136301126 Author: Hassab, Joseph C., Title: Underwater signal and data processing Publication info: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 1989. Physical description: 357 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ISBN: 0849368006 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Signal processing. Author: Horton, C. W., Title: Signal processing of underwater acoustic waves Publication info: [Washington, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1969. Physical description: viii, 276 p. illus. 24 cm. Subject: Signals and signaling, Submarine. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Signal processing. Title: Computional ocean acoustics Author: Jensen, Finn Bruun. Publication info: Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics, 1993. Physical description: xvi, 612 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 1563962098 Subject: Underwater acoustics--Data processing. Title: Fundamentals of acoustics Author: Kinsler, Lawrence E. Edition: 3rd edition Publication info: New York : Wiley, c1982. Physical description: xvi, 480 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 0471097438 Subject: Sound-waves. Subject: Sound--Equipment and supplies. Subject: Architectural acoustics. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Conference author: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sea Surface Sound,Natural Mechanisms of Surface Generated Noise in the Ocean (1987 : Lerici, Italy) Author: Kerman, B. R. (Bryan R.) Title: Sea surface sound : natural mechanisms of surface generated noise in the ocean Publication info: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988. Physical description: x, 639 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 9027727619 Subject: Underwater acoustics--Congresses. Subject: Ocean waves--Congresses. Subject: Noise--Congresses. Conference author: NATO Conference on Bottom-Interacting Ocean Acoustics (1980 : La Spezia, Italy) Author: Kuperman, William A., Author: Jensen, Finn Brunn. Title: Bottom-interacting ocean acoustics Publication info: New York : Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division by Plenum Press, c1980. Physical description: xi, 717 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ISBN: 0306406241 Subject: Underwater acoustics--Congresses. Subject: Ocean bottom--Congresses. Author: Mazel, Charles Title: Side scan sonar training manual Publication info: Salem, N.H. : Klein Associates, Inc., 1985. Subject: Sonar--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Subject: Ultrasonic equipment--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Author: Medwin, Herman, Title: Fundamentals of acoustical oceanography Publication info: Boston : Academic Press, c1998. Physical description: xx, 712 p. : ill. ISBN: 012487570X Ch. 1 The Realm of Acoustical Oceanography: Theory and Applications of Ocean Acoustics 1 Ch. 2 Sound Propagation 17 Ch. 3 Transmissions along Ray Paths 70 Ch. 4 Sources and Receivers 127 Ch. 5 High Intensities 153 Ch. 6 Processing of Ocean Sounds 183 Ch. 7 Sound Scattered by a Body 234 Ch. 8 Bubbles 287 Ch. 9 Biomass Echoes, Reverberation, and Scattering Models 348 Ch. 10 Sonar Systems: Measurements and Inversions 405 Ch. 11 Waveguides: Plane Layers and Wedges 468 Ch. 12 Scattering at Elements of a Rough Surface 541 Ch. 13 Scattering and Transmission at Statistically Rough Surfaces 577 Ch. 14 Mapping the Sea Floor 640 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Seawater--Acoustic properties. Subject: Oceanography. Author: Nielsen, Richard O. Title: Sonar signal processing Publication info: Boston : Artech House, 1991. Physical description: xii, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0890064539 Subject: Signal processing--Digital techniques. Subject: Sonar. Author: Officer, Charles B. Title: Introduction to the theory of sound transmission, with application to the ocean. Publication info: New York, McGraw-Hill, 1958. Physical description: 284 p. illus. 24 cm. Subject: Sound--Transmission. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Author: Robinson, Allan R. Author: Lee, Ding, Title: Oceanography and acoustics : prediction and propagation models Publication info: New York : American Institute of Physics, c1994. Physical description: xvii, 257 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ISBN: 1563962039 Subject: Underwater acoustics--Mathematical models. Subject: Sound--Transmission--Mathematical models. Subject: Oceanography--Mathematical models. Subject: Hydrodynamics--Mathematical models. Author: Ross, Donald, Title: Mechanics of underwater noise Publication info: New York : Pergamon Press, c1976. Physical description: xiv, 375 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0080211828. 008021181X pbk. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Radiated noise of ships and submarines Author: Stephens, R. W. B. (Raymond William Barrow) Title: Underwater acoustics Publication info: London, New York, Wiley-Interscience, 1970. Physical description: vii, 269 p. illus. 24 cm. ISBN: 0471822043 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Conference author: Symposium on Marine Bio-acoustics (2nd : 1966 : American Museum of Natural History) Author: Tavolga, William N., Title: Marine bio-acoustics; proceedings. Publication info: Oxford, New York, Symposium Publications Division, Pergamon Press [1967] Physical description: xix, 353 p. illus. 24 cm. General note: "Volume 2." Subject: Sound production by animals--Congresses. Subject: Marine fauna--Congresses. Subject: Underwater acoustics--Congresses. Subject: Bioacoustics. Author: Tolstoy, Alexandra, Dr. Title: Matched field processing for underwater acoustics Publication info: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific,c1993. Physical description: xiv, 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. ISBN: 9810210590 Subject: Underwater acoustics--Technique. Subject: Signal processing. Author: Tolstoy, Ivan, Title: Ocean acoustics; theory and experiment in underwater sound Publication info: New York, McGraw-Hill [1966] Physical description: x, 293 p. illus. 23 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Transmission through layered media Corporate author: Research Analysis Group. Title: Physics of sound in the sea. Publication info: Washington, Dept. of the Navy, Headquarters Naval Material Command; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1969. Physical description: x, 566 p. illus. 28 cm. ISBN: 0070660875 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: World War II acoustics summary Author: Skelton, E. A. (Elizabeth A.) Title: Theoretical acoustics of underwater Publication info: London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c1997. Physical description: xiii, 446 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 1860940854 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Sound. Subject: Offshore structures. Author: Stefanick, Tom. Title: Strategic antisubmarine warfare and naval strategy Publication info: Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books, c1987. (Peninsula Publishing) Physical description: xxiv, 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0669140155 Subject: Anti-submarine warfare. Subject: Naval strategy. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Comments: Comprehensive book on ASW. Good insight and an excellent source of unclassified details. Author: Tucker, D. G. (David Gorda) Title: Applied underwater acoustics Edition: 1st edition Publication info: Oxford, New York [etc.] Pergamon [1966] Physical description: xvi, 244 p. 4 plates, tables, diagrs. 20 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Author: Urick, Robert J. Title: Ambient noise in the sea Publication info: Washington, D.C. : Undersea Warfare Technology Office, Naval Sea Systems Command, Dept. of the Navy, 1984. (Peninsula Publishing) Physical description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN: Subject: Noise. Subject: Underwater acoustics Author: Urick, Robert J. Title: Sound propagation in the sea Publication info: Los Altos, Calif. : Peninsula Publishing, c1982. Physical description: 226 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 27 cm. ISBN: 0932146082 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Sound--Transmission--Measurement. Author: Urick, Robert J. Title: Principles of underwater sound Edition: 3rd edition Publication info: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1983. (Peninsula Publishing) Physical description: xiii, 423 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Author: Wilson, Oscar Bryan Title: Introduction to the theory and design of sonar transducers Publication info: Peninsula Publishing 1985 ISBN: Physical description: 202 p. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Transducers Subject: Arrays Author: Ziomek, Lawrence J. Title: Fundamentals of acoustic field theory and space-time signal processing Publication info: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c1995. Physical description: xiii, 692 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0849394554 Subject: Sound-waves--Transmission. Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Signal processing. Subject: System analysis. Author: Ziomek, Lawrence J. Title: Underwater acoustics : a linear systems theory approach Publication info: Orlando : Academic Press, 1985. Physical description: xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0127817204 Subject: Underwater acoustics. Subject: Signal processing. Subject: System analysis. Subject: Linear systems.
Noise and Vibration Textbooks
Author: Beranek, Leo Leroy, Title: Noise and vibration control Publication info: New York, McGraw-Hill [1971] Physical description: x,650 p. illus. 24 cm. ISBN: 007004841X Subject: Noise control. Subject: Vibration. Author: Beranek, Leo Leroy, Author: Ver, I. L. (Istvan L.), Title: Noise and vibration control engineering : principles and applications Publication info: New York : Wiley, c1992. Physical description:x, 804 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 0471617512 Subject: Noise control. Subject: Vibration. Subject: Soundproofing. Author: Crocker,Malcolm J. Title: Handbook of Acoustics Hardcover Publication info:John Wiley & Sons; - 1488 pages 1 edition (1998) ISBN: 047125293X Subject: Noise. Subject: Vibration. Author: Filippi, Paul D. Title:Acoustics : Basic Physics, Theory and Methods Publication info:Academic Pr; Hardcover - 336 pages (October 1998) ISBN: 0122561902 Author: Harris, Cyril M., Title: Handbook of acoustical measurements and noise control Edition: 3rd edition Publication info: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1991. Physical description:1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0070268681 Subject: Noise control. Subject: Sound--Measurement. Subject: Vibration--Measurement. Author: Lyon, Richard H. Title: Random noise and vibration in space vehicles Publication info: [Alexandria,Va.] Shock and Vibration Information Center, U.S. Dept. of Defense: for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1967. Physical description: v, 68 p. illus. 24 cm. Subject: Airplanes--Noise. Subject: Vibration (Aeronautics) Author: Norton, M. P. (Michael Peter), Title: Fundamentals of noise and vibration analysis for engineers Publication info: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989. Physical description: xix, 619 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ISBN: 0521341485 ISBN: 0521349419 (pbk.) Subject: Noise. Subject: Vibration. Author: Smith, James D. (James Derek), Title: Gears and their vibration : a basic approach to understanding gear noise Publication info: New York : M. Dekker ; London : Macmillan Press, c1983. Physical description: viii, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0824717597 Subject: Gearing--Noise. Subject: Gearing--Vibration. Author: Stephens, R. W. B. (Raymond William Barrow) Title: Acoustics and vibration progress Publication info: London,Chapman and Hall; New York, Wiley [1974- Physical description:v. illus. 24 cm. ISBN: 0470822031 Subject: Acoustical engineering. Subject: Vibration. Subject: Noise.