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ACS 401 General Acoustics (3) Basic principles of acoustics; perception of sound; electroacoustic transducers and fundamentals of sound techniques. Offered for Communications Disorders and some nonscience majors.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: 3 credits of Communication Disorders

ACS 402 Introduction to Acoustics (3) Basic principles of acoustics and perception of sound; fundamentals of applications: electroacoustic transducers, noise measurement and control, architectural and building acoustics, underwater sound. Offered for science and engineering majors.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: PHYS 203

ACS 403 Modern Electronics for Engineering Acoustic Applications (3) A wide-ranging coverage of modern electronic technology and the application of this technical base to acoustics and acoustical problems.
Effective: Fall 1982
Prerequisite: PHYS 202

ACS 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983

ACS 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983

ACS 498 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 1996

ACS 501 Fundamentals of Acoustics I (2) Vibrational concepts of acoustics: natural frequency and modes, resonances of lumped parameter systems, strings, elastic rods, beams and membranes.
Effective: Spring 1991
Prerequisite: PHYS 202, PHYS 203 ; engineering mathematics including differential equations

ACS 502 Fundamentals of Acoustics II (2) Acoustical wave phenomena: propagation, transmission, reflection and energy; periodic and transient waves; plane, spherical, and standing waves.
Effective: Spring 1991
Prerequisite: PHYS 202, PHYS 203 ; engineering mathematics including differential equations

ACS 505 Experimental Techniques in Acoustics (2) Properties of acoustical and vibrational transducers, electronic and other instrumentation used in fundamental data measurement, acquisition and analysis.
Effective: Fall 1990
Prerequisite: ACS 501, ACS 502

ACS 506 Experimental Techniques in Ocean Acoustics (2) Development of measurement techniques and experimental procedures for making acoustic measurements in the ocean.
Effective: Summer 1991
Prerequisite: ACS 501, ACS 502, ACS 505

ACS 510 Fundamentals of Acoustics (5) In-depth presentation of the fundamental principles of acoustics; designed to prepare students to take advanced courses in acoustics.
Effective: Summer 1983

ACS 511 Underwater Sound Propagation (3) Theoretical and empirical treatment of sound propagation in the ocean, including effects of the environment, characteristics of targets, and transducers.
Effective: Winter 1978

ACS 512 Sonar Engineering (3) Theoretical and empirical treatment of problems related to the use of underwater sound in target detection and ranging.
Effective: Fall 1983

ACS 513 Digital Signal Processing (3) Discrete linear systems, transforms, digital filter design and applications, discrete fourier transforms, spectrum analysis.
Effective: Spring 1984

ACS 514 Electroacoustic Transducers (3) The theory, design, and calibration of passive, linear, reciprocal electroacoustic transducers for use in both air and water media.
Effective: Fall 1986
Prerequisite: PHYS 443 orACS 510

ACS 515 Acoustics in Fluid Media (3) Wave propagation in stationary and moving fluids; acoustic radiation and scattering; standing waves in ducts and cavities.
Effective: Fall 1986
Prerequisite: E MCH 524A;PHYS 443 orACS 510

ACS 516 Acoustical Data Measurement and Analysis (3) Presents the engineering applications of recent developments in correlation and spectral analysis to acoustical measurement problems.
Effective: Fall 1983

ACS 517 Techniques for Solving Acoustic Field Problems (3) Transient and time-harmonic acoustic radiation and scattering problems involving various boundary conditions, solved by exact, approximate, and numerical methods.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: E MCH 524B, ACS 515

ACS 518 Adaptive Signal Processing (3) Basic concepts and application of adaptive signal processing techniques; adaptive filters, beamformers; optimum space/time processors and their adaptive implementation; adaptive algorithms.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: E E 460 orMATH 409;E E 562

ACS 519 Sound-Structure Interaction (3) Acoustic radiation from and effects of fluid-loading on vibrating infinite and finite plates and shells. Acoustic transmission through and reflection from elastic plates and shells, acoustic excitation of elastic plates and coupling between panels and acoustic spaces.
Effective: Summer 1991
Prerequisite: ACS 501, ACS 502, E MCH 524B ; orE MCH 525

ACS 521 (E MCH 521) Stress Waves in Solids (3) Recent advances in Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation: waves; reflection and refraction; horizontal shear; multi-layer structures; stress; viscoelastic media; testing principles.
Effective: Spring 1998
Prerequisite: E MCH 524A, E MCH 524B

ACS 530 Flow-Induced Noise (3) Introduction to the basic and applied aspects of flow-induced noise created by subsonic flows of various complexities.
Effective: Summer 2004
Prerequisite: ACS 501 andACS 502

ACS 537 Noise Control Engineering I (3) As the first of three courses, this course provides an orientation to the program and covers fundamentals of noise control.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: BS in engineering or related field or instructor approval

ACS 538 Noise Control Engineering II (3) This course applies fundamentals of noise control covered in Noise Control Engineering I to the noise generation, propagation, measurement and effects.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: BS in engineering or related field or instructor approval

ACS 539 Noise Control Engineering III (3) This course covers advanced methods for the analyses of noise and vibration and treatments for control of noise and vibration.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: BS in engineering or related field or instructor approval

ACS 573 (M E 573) Designing Quiet Structures (3) Course integrates structural dynamics, acoustics and optimization into unified method for designing quiet structures virtually for early product development.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: M E 470 andACS 502

ACS 590 Colloquium (1-3) Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
Effective: Spring 1987

ACS 594 Research Topics (1-15) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 2005

ACS 596 Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 1987

ACS 596A Aircraft Aeroacoustics (2) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

ACS 596B Traffic Noice Impact Limitation Requirements for Residential Areas (2) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

ACS 597 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Spring 1987

ACS 597A Fundamentals of Acoustics (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

ACS 597A Architectural Acoustics (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010

ACS 597B Introduction to Acoustics in Fludi Media (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

ACS 597B Introduction to Acoustics in Fluid Media (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010

ACS 597C Ocean Acoustics (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

ACS 597D Research and Writing for Acousticians (1) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

ACS 597E Computational Acoustics (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

ACS 598 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or semester.
Effective: Spring 1996

ACS 598D Numerical Methods in Engineering (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or semester.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

ACS 600 Thesis Research (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983

ACS 601 Ph.D. Dissertation Full-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983

ACS 610 Thesis Research Off Campus (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983

ACS 611 Ph.D. Dissertation Part-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983

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