Fall 2000 ACS 597C
Computational Acoustics

This is a graduate level course taught through the Graduate Program in Acoustics of The Pennsylvania State University. For application information, please call (814) 865-6364.

INSTRUCTOR: Victor Sparrow, (814) 865-3162, sparrow@helmholtz.acs.psu.edu

Some class links:

• Fall 2000 Syllabus
• Fall 2000 detailed list of topics covered
• Mathematica
• I-DEAS
• Sysnoise (Go to Virtual Prototype Refinement and Click on "Vibroacoustic Modeling and Analysis")
• COMET/Acoustics
• IBM SUR Laboratory, used for some assignments.
• FAQ on the IBM SUR Laboratory
• Penn State's Institute for High Performance Computing Applications
• CAC's UNIX Group on campus.
• CAC's Numerically Intensive Computing Group on campus.
• References for some of the class notes.
• Additional resource list.

Selected class notes:

Lecture 2 notes: Numerical analysis review.

Lecture 11 notes: 2-D and 3-D FD methods and visualization.

Lecture 13 notes: The parabolic equation [Adobe Acrobat File].

Lecture 15 notes: More on propagation (The FFP) [Adobe Acrobat File].

Lecture 32 notes: Sysnoise and structural models [Adobe Acrobat File].

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© 2000 Victor W. Sparrow/Penn State.
Most recent update: 12/8/2000
For more information contact sparrow@helmholtz.acs.psu.edu.