ANSI/ASA S1.1-2013, published by the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is the current American National
Standard Standard may refer to:
Symbols
* Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs
* Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification
Norms, conventions or requirements
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Acoustical
Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician ...
Terminology. ANSI S1.1 was first published in 1960 and has its roots in a 1942 standard published by the
American Standards Association, the predecessor of ANSI.
[Ainslie, M. A. A Century of Sonar: Planetary Oceanography, Underwater Noise Monitoring, and the Terminology of Underwater Sound. Acoustics Today (February, 2015)] It includes the following sections
#Scope
# General
# Levels
# Oscillation, vibration, and shock
# Transmission and propagation
# Transducers and linear systems
# Acoustical apparatus and instruments
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Underwater acoustics
Underwater acoustics is the study of the propagation of sound in water and the interaction of the mechanical waves that constitute sound with the water, its contents and its boundaries. The water may be in the ocean, a lake, a river or a tank. Ty ...
# Sonics and ultrasonic testing
# Architectural acoustics
# Physiological and psychological acoustics
# Musical acoustics
External links
ANSI/ASA S1.1 & S3.20 Standard Acoustical & Bioacoustical Terminology DatabaseANSI website
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American National Standards Institute standards
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