This three-day short course is designed to teach technical program managers and project
engineers the essential theory and applications of the method of Statistical Energy
Analysis. SEA is emerging as an important "system-level" design method. For the first time,
engineers can begin to actually design complex products for noise quality or acoustic
performance - instead of always having to "build and test."
The fundamental SEA theory is developed from the familiar engineering principles of wave
mechanics of infinite systems and the modal dynamics of finite systems. The implementation
of this methodology is explained in detail. Auto SEA, a fully-graphical software program is
used to "walk through" a comprehensive example of SEA modeling of the Sound Transmission
Loss (STL) of single and double panel walls. The breadth of applications and technical depth
of the SEA method is further illustrated by case studies likely to cover most industry
interests - including Automotive, Consumer appliance, Naval/shipbuilding and Aerospace
applications.
Energy analysis is a rapidly developing new field of engineering design, so the last session
describes current research and new technologies which are likely to further improve the
engineers acoustic design capability. The course will bring you up-to-date in the current
state of the art.
