Fundamentals of Acoustics

By Prof. Venkata R. Sonti | IISc Bangalore

Learners enrolled: 336 | Exam registration: 29

ABOUT THE COURSE:
The course teaches the partial differential equation that describes the behavior of sound, i.e., the wave equation. The course starts initially with lumped vibrations, then 1-D waves on strings and rods and then finally to 1-D and 3-D acoustic wave equations. The 1-D equation is solved using the assumed wave solution. The 3-D wave equation is solved using the Kirchhoff Helmholtz Integral Equation and the Green function. Several examples are solved in rectangular, cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems. Both interior and exterior problems are addressed.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: M.Sc. and PhD students

PREREQUISITES: A course in vibrations of lumped systems.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Automobile, refrigeration and air-conditioning, all types of manufacturing industries, ship and submarine building companies, aircraft industry, washing machine industry, audio speaker designers.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Mechanical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	27 Oct 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

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Books and references

“Fundamentals of Acoustics” by Lawrence Kinsler, Austin Frey, Alan Coppens and James Sanders.
“Fourier Acoustics” by Earl G. Williams

Instructor bio

Prof. Venkata R. Sonti

IISc Bangalore

Prof. Venkata Sonti has a Ph.D. from Purdue University (Herrick labs., 1994) with a specialization in acoustics and vibrations. He has been a faculty at the Indian Institute of Science since 1999 in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. He has been conducting research and teaching courses in vibrations, acoustics, linear and nonlinear sound-structure interaction for the last 22 years.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 27 October 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IISc Bangalore .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

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