INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS

BEPAC Acoustics Library Classification System

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FOREWORD The BEPAC Acoustics Library Classification System is a development of the BEPAC Building Acoustics Library Classification System, originally published in 1993, having been prepared by Task Group 5 of the Building Environmental Performance Analysis Club. During the preparation of the document, the active participants of Task Group 5 were: Peter Henson (Chairman) Peter Allaway Richard Bines Tina Emmanuel Steven Gardner Cliff Inman John Miller Ali Peyvandi Mike Wilson Bickerdike Allen Partners Grootenhuis Allaway Associates Sharpes Redmore Partnership Building Research Establishment Hann Tucker Associates Pilkington Glass Ltd Acoustic Consultant ASA Environmental Services University of North London

The system was devised by John Miller and developed and edited to reflect comments received from the members of the then Task Group and the following individuals, to whom draft material was circulated: Marian Bodian BRE Library Martin West University of Salford Roger Wills Royal Berkshire County Hospital The member firms of the Association of Noise Consultants Since its original publication, the system has been expanded and developed for use as a classification system for the Institute of Acoustics library. The members of the Institute of Acoustics Working Group who undertook this development of the system are: Christine Cheepen Bob Chivers Peter Dobbins Alison Hill John Miller Institute of Acoustics Physics Department, University of Surrey BAe SEMA Institute of Acoustics Acoustic Consultant

The final document reflects comments received from members of the then current BEPAC Special Interest Group 5, who were: Peter Henson (Chairman) Tina Emmanuel Steven Gardner Bob Peters Bickerdike Allen Partners Building Research Establishment The Equus Partnership North East Surrey College of Technology

Minor amendments were made by John Miller on 7 January 2002. New categories were introduced to cover previous omissions and each such entry is indicated in italics.

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INTRODUCTION Scope The BEPAC Acoustics Library Classification System provides a method by which papers, articles dissertations and books on acoustical subjects may be classified. The system is aimed at the following users: Consultants in acoustics, noise and vibration Environmental Health Officers specialising in noise control Building Services Engineers Architects who specialise in acoustics and noise control Acoustic specialists in the manufacturing industries Manufacturers of noise and vibration control products Those involved in the teaching of acoustics Acoustics researchers The system has been adopted by the Institute of Acoustics library. System of classification The subject matter is divided into twelve main classes. These are numbered 0000, 0100, 0200....1200. The main classes are listed on page 6. Each class is divided into ten sub-classes, each of which is divided into 10 further sub-classes. For example: Class 0300 is Environmental noise Class 0320 is Transportation Class 0324 is Railways and: Class 0400 is Sound insulation Class 0430 is Building envelope Class 0433 is Windows

As with other library classification systems, further sub-divisions can be created by extending the classification number using digits grouped in threes and separated by decimal points. In a limited number of subject areas, an extension of the present system would have merit. For example, Class 0324.5 would logically be Prediction methods for railway noise. However, there is not a general need for extended numbering and it has been rejected in favour of simplicity. Classification of subjects In the parts of the system which cover acoustics and noise and vibration in buildings, classification can be made either according to building type or acoustical topic. The principle adopted here has been to divide the subject matter according to the acoustical topic, wherever possible. This is because acoustical information will frequently apply to a wide range of building types. It is recognised, however, that some provision must be made for building types. The way this has been done is illustrated below by considering the classification of information relating to a typical task in Building Acoustics - the assessment of road traffic noise in a building. Example 1: Classification of information relating to the assessment of road traffic noise in a building The assessment process involves the calculation of traffic noise incident on the building, consideration of the transmission of noise through an element in the building envelope, such as a window, and the comparison of the resulting noise level with criteria for noise in the building. The method of calculation of road traffic noise does not vary according to building type and therefore such information should be uniquely classified under 0321 (Environmental noise/ Transportation/ Road traffic). Similarly, the sound insulation of a window is not dependent on the type of building in which it is installed and a classification somewhere in 0400 (Sound insulation) would be appropriate. General information on the sound insulation of windows should be classified under 0433 (Sound insulation/ Building envelope/ Windows). Sound insulation data for windows should be classified under 0491 (Sound insulation/ Sound insulation data/ Airborne sound insulation), which provides for the collection of sound insulation data for various building components in one place. The final part of the task - comparing the resulting noise level with criteria - does require information relating to building type and a choice will have to be made. An article which presents internal traffic noise criteria for a variety of building types should be classified under 0321 (Environmental noise/ Transportation/ Road traffic). Where an article presents internal noise criteria for a particular building

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type and a variety of noise sources, including road traffic, it is preferable to classify it according to building type. Class 0420 (Sound insulation/ Criteria) has been sub-divided according to building type. If, for example, the building in question is an office, the article should be classified under 0423 (Sound insulation/ Criteria/ Offices). In contrast to other principal divisions, Class 0700 (Acoustics of spaces) is largely sub-divided according to building type. An article which covers a wide range of acoustical topics, including room acoustics, should be classified in the appropriate sub-division in Class 0700. Where a user has a significant quantity of information about a building type which is not represented in Class 0700 and considers 0738 (Acoustics of spaces/ Rooms/ Miscellaneous rooms) and 0789 (Acoustics of spaces/ Miscellaneous/ Other) inappropriate, the system may be adapted by allocating an unused number in an appropriate area of the system to the building type in question. As with all library systems, it is often the case that a given article will not match a unique classification number and the user will have to exercise judgement in classifying it. The user is assisted in making such choices by extensive cross-referencing throughout the system. Two, more complex, examples follow. They illustrate the choices open to the user for each of two building types - recording studios and hospital buildings. Example 2: Classification of material relating to recording studios An article which contains information on recording studios may be filed in any of the following locations, depending on its emphasis: 0425 0449 Sound insulation/ Criteria/ Recording and broadcast studios where the article relates to sound insulation criteria for studios. Sound insulation/ Internal divisions/ High performance constructions where the article relates to constructional methods used to achieve high standards of sound insulation (e.g. room-within-room constructions). Building services/ General and theory/ Criteria where the article provides building services noise criteria for a variety of building types, including studios. Acoustics of spaces/ Recording and broadcasting studios where the article contains information on room acoustical conditions within studios. Electro-acoustics where the article relates to recording sound systems or components.

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0760 0800

Where an article is of a general nature, covering a wide range of acoustical topics in relation to recording studios, it should be classified under 0760. Example 3: Classification of material relating to hospitals An article which contains information on hospitals may be filed in any of the following locations, depending on its emphasis: 0395 Environmental noise/ Effects of noise on the community/ Health effects where the article relates to the ways in which noise can affect the health of patients in hospital.

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0429

Sound insulation/ Criteria/ Other building types where the article relates to sound insulation or noise targets for hospital rooms (or rooms in other building types not covered elsewhere in 0420). Building services/ General and Theory/ Criteria where the article relates to background noise targets for building services plant and includes hospitals. Acoustics of spaces/ Rooms/ Miscellaneous rooms where the article relates to room-acoustical conditions in spaces in hospital buildings. Legislation, standards, regulations and guidelines/ UK organisations/ Hospital authorities where the article is published by, or relates to, hospital authorities.

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0738 1154

Where an article is of a general nature, covering a wide range of acoustical topics in relation to hospitals, it should be classified under 1154.

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MAIN CLASSES

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GENERAL (Including general acoustics, acoustical organisations, teaching of acoustics, acoustical laboratories, instrumentation and test methods, subjective acoustics / human perception, computers and computing and relevant non-acoustical subjects and disciplines) PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS (Including propagation parameters, reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference and scattering of acoustic and elastic waves, surface acoustic waves and guided waves, quantum acoustics, non-linear acoustics, acousto optics, generation, detection and effects of ultrasound, nondestructive testing and imaging, and aerodynamic noise) HEARING AND SPEECH (Including audiology, hearing conservation, speech acoustics, speech intelligibility and quality, speech recognition, speech synthesis, speech coding, speech and signal processing and speech analysis) ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE (Including transportation, industry, construction, entertainment, leisure activities, noise from commercial premises, domestic and neighbourhood noise and effects of noise on the community) SOUND INSULATION (Including criteria, building envelope, internal divisions and sound insulation data) BUILDING SERVICES (Including primary plant, heat exchange plant, primary circulation plant, secondary circulation plant, distribution equipment, methods of noise control and vibration in building services) VIBRATION (Including vibration and buildings, vibration in transportation, vibration in industry and human response to vibration) ACOUSTICS OF SPACES (Including auditoria, rooms, places of worship, open plan offices, recording and broadcast studios, miscellaneous spaces and acoustic finishes) ELECTRO-ACOUSTICS (Including sound systems, microphones, signal source media, amplifiers and signal processing, loudspeakers, conference systems, induction loop systems, infra-red systems and electronic reverberation systems) MUSICAL ACOUSTICS (Including music theory, perception & psychoacoustics, strings, woodwinds, brass, pianos & keyboards, pipe organs, electrical & electronic instruments, percussion and the singing voice) UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS (Including propagation of sound in water, scattering of sound in water, underwater noise, transducers, sonar, acoustics of underwater structures & materials, underwater non-linear acoustics, marine bioacoustics, underwater acoustic remote sensing) LEGISLATION, STANDARDS, REGULATIONS & GUIDELINES (Including UK Common Law, UK Acts of Parliament, UK regulations and statutory instruments, UK government departments, UK organisations, European Community and international legislation and standards) PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (Including legal aspects of professional practice, practice management, insurance, staff recruitment, training and welfare, publicity, professional associations, other professionals and the construction industry)

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0000 GENERAL 0010 GENERAL ACOUSTICS TEXTS 0011 0012 0013 0014 0015 0016 0017 0018 0019 Bibliographies Acoustics and noise control Noise and vibration Building acoustics Noise and society Glossaries of acoustical terms and definitions Acoustics and noise data Historic texts Acoustical biographies UK organisations 1260 Professional Associations

0020 ACOUSTICAL ORGANISATIONS see also 1150 0021 0022 0026 0027 0028 0029

Institute of Acoustics British Society of Audiology Other UK organisations European organisations Non-European organisations International organisations

0030 TEACHING OF ACOUSTICS 0031 0033 0035 0040 0041 0043 0045 0047 0049 0050 Teaching methodology and aids Teacher training Teaching institutions ACOUSTICAL LABORATORIES Government laboratories National Physical Laboratory Building Research Establishment University laboratories Commercial acoustic laboratories INSTRUMENTATION AND TEST METHODS see also: 0210 Audiology 0312 Measurement of environmental noise 0418 Measurement of sound insulation 0613 Measurement of vibration 0623 Measurement of groundborne vibration 0718 Measurement of room acoustic properties 0719 Scale model testing (auditoria) 0793 Measurement of acoustic properties (acoustic finishes) Sound pressure and power Acoustic intensity Signal processing see also 0280 Speech and signal processing Speech transmission index and impulse testing of spaces see also: 0240 Speech intelligibility and quality 0718 Measurement of room acoustic properties Scale model testing see also: 0719 Scale model testing (auditoria) Vibration Acoustic emission Condition monitoring Instrument manufacturers and instrument hire SUBJECTIVE ACOUSTICS / HUMAN PERCEPTION see also 0200 Hearing and speech Psychological testing

0051 0052 0053 0054 0055 0056 0057 0058 0059 0060 0062

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0064 0066 0068 0070 0071 0075 0080 0081 0082 0083 0084 0085 0086 0087 0088 0089 0090 0091 0092 0093 0094 0095 0096 0097 0098 0099

Experimental design Statistical analysis Auditory warnings COMPUTERS AND COMPUTING Hardware Software RELEVANT NON-ACOUSTICAL SUBJECTS Mathematics Statistics Physics Chemistry Biology History and literature Art Languages and travel Sport and recreation RELEVANT NON-ACOUSTICAL DISCIPLINES Planning Environmental health Architecture Building technology Materials technology Structural and civil engineering Building services engineering Quantity surveying and cost control Interior design

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0100 0110 0111 0112 0113 0114 0115 0116 0117 0118 0119 0120 0121 0122 0124 0125 0127 0130 0131 0132 0133 0137 0140 0141 0142 0143 0144 0145 0146 0147 0148 0150 0151 0152 0153 0154 0155 0156 0157 0160 0161 0163 0165 0167 0169

PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS INCLUDING ULTRASONICS PROPAGATION PARAMETERS OF ACOUSTIC AND ELASTIC WAVES Velocity in gases Velocity in liquids and suspensions Velocity in solids, elastic constants Absorption in gases Absorption in liquids Attenuation in suspensions Attenuation in solids Propagation in porous solids Measurement methods REFLECTION, REFRACTION, DIFFRACTION, INTERFERENCE & SCATTERING OF ACOUSTIC AND ELASTIC WAVES Reflection and refraction of acoustic waves Diffraction and scattering of acoustic waves Reflection and refraction of elastic waves Diffraction and scattering of elastic waves Interference phenomena SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES AND GUIDED WAVES Rayleigh waves Stoneley waves Lamb waves Surface acoustic wave devices QUANTUM ACOUSTICS Phonon-phonon interactions Phonon-electron interactions Phonon-quasi particle interactions Low temperature acoustics Acoustic tunnelling effects Pretersonics (frequencies above 1010 Hz) Phonon beam properties Plasma acoustics NON-LINEAR ACOUSTICS Generation, propagation and interaction of finite amplitude waves in fluids Streaming and radiation force Cavitation Non-linear effects in sound beams (including parametric sources) Shock-wave sources Non-linear acoustics of solids Solitons, chaos ACOUSTO OPTICS Schlieren systems Laser generation of ultrasound Laser detection and interferometry Photoacoustic spectroscopy Acousto optics of crystals

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0170 0171 0172 0173 0174 0176 0177 0178 0179 0180 0181 0182 0183 0184 0185 0186 0187 0188 0190 0191 0195

GENERATION, DETECTION AND EFFECTS OF ULTRASOUND Piezoelectric materials Magnetostrictive materials Transducer construction Detection systems Magneto-acoustic effects Acoustical nuclear and magnetic resonance Chemical effects, sonochemistry Biological effects NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND IMAGING Acoustic emission Pulse-echo nondestructive testing Pulse-echo imaging (including medical) Holography Acoustic tomography and visualization Acoustic microscopy Flow measurement Thermoacoustics AERODYNAMIC NOISE Flow noise Vortex generation

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0200 0210 0211 0213 0215 0216 0220

HEARING AND SPEECH AUDIOLOGY Physiology of the ear see also: 0231 Audiometry Audiological instrumentation Audiological test rooms HEARING CONSERVATION see also: 0329 0339 0349 0359 0369 0395 1131 Physiology of the vocal tract

Hearing conservation in transportation Hearing conservation in industry Hearing conservation in the construction industry Hearing conservation and entertainment noise Hearing conservation and leisure noise Health effects (effects of noise on the community) The Noise at Work Regulations

0222 0225 0230 0231 0233 0235 0237 0238 0240 0242 0245 0250 0252 0255 0257 0260 0262 0264 0266 0270 0275 0280 0290 0291 0292

Occupational noise exposure Hearing protection SPEECH ACOUSTICS Physiology of the vocal tract see also: 0211 Acoustic phonetics Auditory modelling Clinical acoustics Speech development SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY AND QUALITY Articulation index Human factors SPEECH RECOGNITION Speech recognition by the ear Speech recognition by machine Speaker verification SPEECH SYNTHESIS Synthesis by rule Analysis / synthesis Concatenation SPEECH CODING Compression SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SPEECH ANALYSIS Spoken language Prosody Physiology of the ear

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0300 0310 0311 0312 0313 0314 0315 0316 0317 0320 0321 0322 0324 0325 0326 0328 0329 0330 0331 0332 0333 0334 0335 0336 0337 0338 0339 0340 0341 0342 0345 0346 0347 0348 0349 0350 0351 0352 0355 0356 0357 0358 0359 0360 0361

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE GENERAL Sources of environmental noise Measurement of environmental noise see also: 0050 Instrumentation and test methods Propagation and meteorology Barriers Criteria Environmental Health Planning (including environmental impact assessment, JM 7/1/2002) TRANSPORTATION see also: 0630 Vibration in transportation

Road traffic Vehicle noise Railways Light railways Aircraft/aeronautics Ships Hearing conservation in transportation see also: 0220 Hearing conservation INDUSTRY see also: 0640 Vibration in Industry Sources of industrial noise Factory buildings; acoustics and sound insulation see also: 0426 Industrial buildings (sound insulation) Quarrying and mining operations Agriculture Prediction methods Criteria Noise control methods Noise control products Hearing conservation in industry see also: 0220 Hearing conservation CONSTRUCTION Sources of construction noise Construction sites Prediction methods Criteria Noise control methods Noise control products Hearing conservation in the construction industry see also: 0220 Hearing conservation ENTERTAINMENT Sources of entertainment noise Places of entertainment; acoustics and sound insulation see also: 0400 Sound insulation 0700 Acoustics of spaces Prediction methods Criteria Noise control methods Noise control products Hearing conservation and entertainment noise see also: 0220 Hearing conservation LEISURE ACTIVITIES Sources of leisure noise

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0362 0365 0366 0367 0368 0369 0370 0371 0375 0376 0377 0378 0380 0381 0382

Sites for leisure activities Prediction methods Criteria Noise control methods Noise control products Hearing conservation and leisure noise see also: 0220 Hearing conservation NOISE FROM COMMERCIAL PREMISES Sources of noise from commercial premises Prediction methods Criteria Noise control methods Noise control products DOMESTIC AND NEIGHBOURHOOD NOISE Sources of domestic and neighbourhood noise Domestic acoustics and sound insulation see also: 0421 Dwellings (sound insulation) 0442 Domestic separating walls 0447 Domestic separating floors 0734 Domestic rooms (acoustics of spaces) Prediction methods Criteria (see also 0421) Noise control methods Noise control products EFFECTS OF NOISE ON THE COMMUNITY see also: 0690 Human response to vibration Community noise rating Sleep disturbance Health effects Criteria

0385 0386 0387 0388 0390 0392 0394 0395 0396

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0400 0410 0411 0412 0413 0415 0418 0419 0420 0421 0422 0423 0424 0425 0426 0427 0428 0429 0430 0431 0433 0434 0435 0437 0440 0441 0442 0443 0444 0445 0446 0447 0449 0490 0491 0493 0495

SOUND INSULATION THEORY Airborne sound Statistical energy analysis Flanking transmission Impact sound Measurement of sound insulation see also: 0050 Instrumentation and test methods Subjective evaluation of Sound Insulation (JM 7/1/2002) CRITERIA Dwellings see also: 0386 Criteria (domestic and neighbourhood noise) 0734 Domestic rooms (acoustics of spaces) Educational buildings see also: 0731 Classrooms and lecture theatres (acoustics of spaces) Offices see also: 0733 Cellular offices (acoustics of spaces) 0750 Open plan offices (acoustics of spaces) Auditoria see also: 0720 Auditoria (acoustics of spaces) Recording & broadcast studios see also: 0760 Recording and broadcast studios (acoustics of spaces) Industrial buildings see also: 0332 Factory buildings; acoustics and sound insulation 0785 Factory buildings (acoustics of spaces) Religious buildings see also: 0740 Places of worship (acoustics of spaces) Leisure buildings see also: 0780 Miscellaneous spaces (acoustics of spaces) Other building types see also: 0780 Miscellaneous spaces (acoustics of spaces) 0490 Sound insulation data

BUILDING ENVELOPE see also:

Walls Windows Ventilation through the building envelope (including passive stack ventilation, JM 7/1/2002) External doors Roofs INTERNAL DIVISIONS see also: 0490 Sound insulation data

Walls and partitions Domestic separating walls Demountable & folding partitions Doors Corridors/lobbies Floors Domestic separating floors High performance constructions (room-within-room, studios, music practice rooms etc.) SOUND INSULATION DATA Airborne sound insulation Flanking transmission Impact sound insulation

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BUILDING SERVICES GENERAL AND THEORY Criteria see also: 0420 0700 Criteria (sound insulation, building types) Acoustics of spaces (building types)

0520 0521 0522 0523 0524 0525 0526 0528 0529 0530 0531 0532 0533 0534 0535 0536 0539 0540 0541 0542 0545 0546 0549 0550 0551 0552 0553 0555 0559 0560 0561 0562 0563 0564 0565 0566 0567 0568 0569 0570 0571 0572 0573 0574 0575 0576 0577 0578

PRIMARY PLANT Power stations Wind power Turbines Generators Boilers Burners Lifts and Escalators (JM 7/1/2002) Other HEAT EXCHANGE PLANT Cooling towers Chillers Heat pumps Condensers Calorifiers Immersion heaters Other PRIMARY CIRCULATION PLANT Fans Air Handling Units Pumps Water tanks Other SECONDARY CIRCULATION PLANT Fan coil units Fan convectors Fan powered mixing boxes Pumps Other DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT Ductwork Dampers Grilles & Diffusers Induction units Variable air volume units Constant volume devices Pipes Valves and taps Other (including lighting JM 7/1/2002) METHODS OF NOISE CONTROL Plant rooms Enclosures Acoustic louvres Duct linings and attenuators Plenum chambers Lagging Treatment for duct and pipe penetration of walls Active noise control

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0579 0580 0581 0583 0585 0586 0587

Other VIBRATION IN BUILDING SERVICES see also: 0600 Vibration

Physical principles Sources of vibration Vibration isolation methods - passive Vibration isolation methods - active see also: 0617 Active control of vibration Vibration isolation products

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0600 0610 0611 0612 0613 0614 0616 0620 0621 0622 0623 0624 0625 0626 0627 0628 0629 0630 0640 0690 0695

VIBRATION see also: GENERAL & THEORY Physical principles Sources of vibration Measurement of vibration see also: 0058 Transmission of vibration Vibration isolation VIBRATION AND BUILDINGS Physical principles Sources of groundborne vibration Measurement of groundborne vibration see also: 0056 Vibration (Instrumentation and test methods) Transmission of vibration in the ground Transmission of vibration in buildings Isolation of buildings Building isolation products Effects of vibration on buildings Criteria VIBRATION IN TRANSPORTATION see also: 0320 VIBRATION IN INDUSTRY see also: 0330 Transportation (environmental noise) Industrial (environmental noise) 0580 Vibration in building services

Vibration (instrumentation and test methods)

HUMAN RESPONSE TO VIBRATION Occupational vibration exposure

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0700 0710 0711 0712 0713 0715 0716

ACOUSTICS OF SPACES THEORY OF ROOM ACOUSTICS Units and definitions Absorption Diffusion Criteria for music Criteria for speech see also:

0717 0718 0719 0720 0721 0722 0723 0724 0725 0726 0727 0728

0054 Speech transmission index and impulse testing of spaces (instrumentation and test methods) 0240 Speech intelligibility and quality (hearing and speech) Criteria for reproduced sound see also: 0815 Criteria (sound systems) Measurement of room acoustic properties see also: 0050 Instrumentation and test methods Scale model testing see also: 0055 Scale model testing (instrumentation and test methods) see also: 0424 Auditoria (sound insulation, criteria)

AUDITORIA Concert Halls Orchestra platforms / performer conditions Opera Houses Theatres Conference centres Cinemas Multi-purpose halls Auditorium testing / acoustic modelling see also: 0050 Instrumentation and test methods 0719 Scale model testing (acoustics of spaces) 0055 Scale model testing (instrumentation and test methods) Examples & press cuttings ROOMS Classrooms and lecture theatres see also: 0422 Educational buildings (sound insulation, criteria) Court rooms / council chambers / debating chambers Cellular offices see also: 0423 Offices (sound insulation, criteria) Domestic rooms see also: 0421 Dwellings (sound insulation, criteria) Music practice and teaching rooms Miscellaneous rooms Examples & press cuttings PLACES OF WORSHIP Acoustics of places of worship Sound systems for places of worship see also: 0810 Sound systems Criteria see also: 0427 Religious buildings (sound insulation, criteria) Examples & press cuttings OPEN PLAN OFFICES Principles of design Speech privacy Speech masking see also: 0817 Products: finishes, screens etc. Examples & press cuttings

0729 0730 0731 0732 0733 0734 0735 0738 0739 0740 0741 0743 0745 0749 0750 0751 0753 0755 0757 0759 0760

Sound conditioning systems

RECORDING AND BROADCASTING STUDIOS

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0761 0765 0769 0780 0781 0782 0783 0784 0785 0789 0790 0791 0792 0793 0794 0795

Principles of design Criteria see also: Examples MISCELLANEOUS SPACES see also: Atria Exhibition halls Sports halls Swimming pools Factory buildings see also: (environmental noise) Other ACOUSTIC FINISHES

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Recording and broadcast studios (sound insulation, criteria)

0420

Criteria (sound insulation)

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Factory buildings, acoustics and sound insulation

Absorbers Diffusers Measurement of acoustic properties see also: 0050 Instrumentation and test methods Anechoic and reverberation chambers Sound absorption data

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0800 0810 0812 0815

ELECTRO-ACOUSTICS SOUND SYSTEMS System design Criteria see also:

0817 0820 0821 0825 0830 0831 0832 0833 0834 0835 0840 0842 0844 0846 0848 0850 0851 0855 0860 0862 0864 0866 0870 0871 0875 0880 0881 0885 0890 0891 0895

0054 Speech transmission index and impulse testing of spaces (instrumentation and test methods) 0717 Criteria for reproduced sound (acoustics of spaces) Sound conditioning systems see also: 0755 Speech masking

MICROPHONES Principles of operation Products SIGNAL SOURCE MEDIA Tuners Record decks Digital discs Analogue tape, cassette & cartridge Digital Audio Tape AMPLIFIERS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING Mixing desks Equalisers Reverberation Signal processing and enhancement see also: 0053 Signal processing (instrumentation and test methods) LOUDSPEAKERS Principles of operation Products CONFERENCE SYSTEMS Simultaneous translation Voting systems Intercoms INDUCTION LOOP SYSTEMS Principles of operation Products INFRA-RED SYSTEMS Principles of operation Products ELECTRONIC REVERBERATION SYSTEMS Principles of operation Products

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0900 0910 0911 0912 0913 0920 0921 0922 0923 0930 0931 0932 0933 0934 0940 0950 0951 0952 0960 0970 0971 0972 0973 0980 0981 0982 0990

MUSICAL ACOUSTICS MUSIC THEORY, PERCEPTION AND PSYCHOACOUSTICS Intonation, vibrato, musical scales and musical composition Music perception and cognition Musical performance analysis and training STRINGS Bowed stringed instruments Plucked stringed instruments Hammered stringed Instruments WOODWINDS AND OTHER REED INSTRUMENTS Single and double reed instruments Flutes, recorders and whistles Bagpipes Reed organs, accordions and harmonicas BRASS WIND INSTRUMENTS (LIP-VIBRATED) PIANOS AND OTHER KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS Pianos Harpsichords and clavichords PIPE ORGANS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS, COMPUTERS Electrical and electro-mechanical instruments Synthesis and analysis of musical sounds Electronic music, computers in music PERCUSSION Drums and other membranophonic instruments Bells, xylophones and other instruments having solid vibrators THE SINGING VOICE

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1000 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1030 1031 1032 1033 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1070 1071 1072 1073 1080 1081 1082 1090 1091 1092 1093

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS PROPAGATION OF SOUND IN WATER Normal mode propagation modelling Ray tracing Numerical propagation modelling Hybrid and asymptotic propagation theories Velocity, attenuation, refraction, and diffraction in water Doppler effect Propagation experiments SCATTERING OF SOUND IN WATER Volume scattering Rough interface scattering Backscattering, echoes and reverberation in water due to combinations of boundaries Signal coherence or fluctuation due to sound propagation / scattering in the ocean Scattering experiments UNDERWATER NOISE Noise generation mechanisms Characteristics of the noise field Noise measurements TRANSDUCERS AND TRANSDUCER ARRAYS Transducer and array modelling Transducer and array calibration Underwater measurement and calibration, instrumentation and procedures Beamforming and related signal processing SONAR SYSTEMS Active sonar systems Passive sonar systems and algorithms Navigational instruments and position fixing systems using underwater sound Underwater acoustic communications systems ACOUSTICS OF UNDERWATER STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS Radiation from objects vibrating under water Acoustic and mechanical impedance Structures and materials for absorbing sound in water Propagation in fluid filled permeable material Acoustics of sediments, ice covers, viscoelastic media Seismic underwater acoustics Materials for transducers and arrays UNDERWATER NONLINEAR ACOUSTICS Applications of nonlinear acoustics Parametric arrays Underwater explosions MARINE BIOACOUSTICS Acoustical detection of marine life, passive and active Characteristics of bioacoustic signals UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC REMOTE SENSING Ocean parameter estimation by acoustical methods, remote sensing Imaging, inversion and acoustic tomography Global scale acoustics, ocean basin thermometry, transbasin acoustics

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1100 1110 1115 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152 1153 1154 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1170 1171 1172 1173

LEGISLATION, STANDARDS, REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES UK COMMON LAW Nuisance UK ACTS OF PARLIAMENT Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 The Road Traffic Act, 1972 Land Compensation Act, 1973 The Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 Control of Pollution Act, 1974 (COPA) Environmental Protection Act, 1990 Other UK REGULATIONS AND STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS The Noise at Work Regulations The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations The Noise Insulation Regulations The Building Regulations Orders and Codes of Practice issued under COPA Other UK GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS Department of the Environment/DETR/DTLR/DEFRA Department of Education and Science/DFEE Department of Health Department of Trade and Industry Department of Transport Royal Commissions and Government Committees (JM 7/1/2001) Other UK ORGANISATIONS see also: 0020 Acoustical organisations

Local Government British Standards Institution Health and Safety Executive Hospital Authorities Civil Aviation Authority Noise Advisory Council / Noise Council Professional associations / learned bodies (Association of Noise Consultants, Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers, Institute of Environmental Health Officers etc.) Pressure groups (National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection, Airfields Environment Federation etc.) Other EUROPEAN COMMUNITY see also: 0027 European organisations (acoustical organisations)

Single European Act European Commission & EC Directives Interpretative Documents European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) European Technical Approvals (CE Marks) INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS see also: 0020 Acoustical organisations Europe see also: Asia Africa 0027 1160 European organisations (acoustical organisations) European Community

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1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179

Australia and New Zealand North America South America Polar Regions International Standards Organisation International bodies (World Health Organisation etc.)

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1200 1210 1212 1215 1217 1218 1220 1222 1224 1226 1228 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1239 1240 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246 1248 1250 1252 1255 1257 1260

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LEGAL ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Legal liabilities Contracts Legal profession Expert Witness (JM 7/1/2002) PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Accounts Office procedures Project procedures Quality Assurance INSURANCE Professional indemnity Employers' liability Business premises and contents Acoustic instrumentation Other STAFF RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND WELFARE Educational establishments and courses Continuing professional development (CPD) Job descriptions CVs Staff welfare Pensions PUBLICITY Practice brochure Papers and articles Press releases PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS see also: 0020 1157 organisations) Association of Noise Consultants Chartered institutions Engineering Council Other OTHER PROFESSIONALS Acoustic consultants The allied professions see also: THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Acoustical organisations Professional associations / learned bodies (UK

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Relevant non-acoustical disciplines

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