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) Bickerdike Allen Partners

Peter Allaway Grootenhuis Allaway Associates
Richard Bines Sharpes Redmore Partnership
Tina Emmanuel Building Research Establishment
Steven Gardner Hann Tucker Associates
Cliff Inman Pilkington Glass Ltd
John Miller Acoustic Consultant
Ali Peyvandi ASA Environmental Services
Mike Wilson 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 Institute of Acoustics

Bob Chivers Physics Department, University of Surrey
Peter Dobbins BAe SEMA
Alison Hill Institute of Acoustics
John Miller Acoustic Consultant

The final document reflects comments received from members of the then current BEPAC Special Interest
Group 5, who were:

Peter Henson (Chairman) Bickerdike Allen Partners

Tina Emmanuel Building Research Establishment
Steven Gardner The Equus Partnership
Bob Peters 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 Sound insulation/ Criteria/ Recording and broadcast studios

where the article relates to sound insulation criteria for studios.

0449 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).

0512 Building services/ General and theory/ Criteria

where the article provides building services noise criteria for a variety of building types,
including studios.

0760 Acoustics of spaces/ Recording and broadcasting studios

where the article contains information on room acoustical conditions within studios.

0800 Electro-acoustics
where the article relates to recording sound systems or components.

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).

0512 Building services/ General and Theory/ Criteria

where the article relates to background noise targets for building services plant and includes
hospitals.

0738 Acoustics of spaces/ Rooms/ Miscellaneous rooms

where the article relates to room-acoustical conditions in spaces in hospital buildings.

1154 Legislation, standards, regulations and guidelines/ UK organisations/ Hospital authorities

where the article is published by, or relates to, hospital authorities.

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 page

0000 GENERAL 6
(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)

0100 PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS 8

(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)

0200 HEARING AND SPEECH 10

(Including audiology, hearing conservation, speech acoustics, speech intelligibility and quality,
speech recognition, speech synthesis, speech coding, speech and signal processing and
speech analysis)

0300 ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE 11

(Including transportation, industry, construction, entertainment, leisure activities, noise from
commercial premises, domestic and neighbourhood noise and effects of noise on the
community)

0400 SOUND INSULATION 13

(Including criteria, building envelope, internal divisions and sound insulation data)

0500 BUILDING SERVICES 14

(Including primary plant, heat exchange plant, primary circulation plant, secondary circulation
plant, distribution equipment, methods of noise control and vibration in building services)

0600 VIBRATION 16
(Including vibration and buildings, vibration in transportation, vibration in industry and human
response to vibration)

0700 ACOUSTICS OF SPACES 17

(Including auditoria, rooms, places of worship, open plan offices, recording and broadcast
studios, miscellaneous spaces and acoustic finishes)

0800 ELECTRO-ACOUSTICS 19
(Including sound systems, microphones, signal source media, amplifiers and signal processing,
loudspeakers, conference systems, induction loop systems, infra-red systems and electronic
reverberation systems)

0900 MUSICAL ACOUSTICS 20

(Including music theory, perception & psychoacoustics, strings, woodwinds, brass, pianos &
keyboards, pipe organs, electrical & electronic instruments, percussion and the singing voice)

1000 UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS 21

(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)

1100 LEGISLATION, STANDARDS, REGULATIONS & GUIDELINES 23

(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)

1200 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 25

(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 Bibliographies
0012 Acoustics and noise control
0013 Noise and vibration
0014 Building acoustics
0015 Noise and society
0016 Glossaries of acoustical terms and definitions
0017 Acoustics and noise data
0018 Historic texts
0019 Acoustical biographies

0020 ACOUSTICAL ORGANISATIONS

see also 1150 UK organisations
1260 Professional Associations

0021 Institute of Acoustics

0022 British Society of Audiology
0026 Other UK organisations
0027 European organisations
0028 Non-European organisations
0029 International organisations

0030 TEACHING OF ACOUSTICS

0031 Teaching methodology and aids

0033 Teacher training
0035 Teaching institutions

0040 ACOUSTICAL LABORATORIES

0041 Government laboratories

0043 National Physical Laboratory
0045 Building Research Establishment
0047 University laboratories
0049 Commercial acoustic laboratories

0050 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)

0051 Sound pressure and power

0052 Acoustic intensity
0053 Signal processing
see also 0280 Speech and signal processing
0054 Speech transmission index and impulse testing of spaces
see also: 0240 Speech intelligibility and quality
0718 Measurement of room acoustic properties
0055 Scale model testing
see also: 0719 Scale model testing (auditoria)
0056 Vibration
0057 Acoustic emission
0058 Condition monitoring
0059 Instrument manufacturers and instrument hire

0060 SUBJECTIVE ACOUSTICS / HUMAN PERCEPTION

see also 0200 Hearing and speech

0062 Psychological testing

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0064 Experimental design

0066 Statistical analysis
0068 Auditory warnings

0070 COMPUTERS AND COMPUTING

0071 Hardware
0075 Software

0080 RELEVANT NON-ACOUSTICAL SUBJECTS

0081 Mathematics
0082 Statistics
0083 Physics
0084 Chemistry
0085 Biology
0086 History and literature
0087 Art
0088 Languages and travel
0089 Sport and recreation

0090 RELEVANT NON-ACOUSTICAL DISCIPLINES

0091 Planning
0092 Environmental health
0093 Architecture
0094 Building technology
0095 Materials technology
0096 Structural and civil engineering
0097 Building services engineering
0098 Quantity surveying and cost control
0099 Interior design

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0100 PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS INCLUDING ULTRASONICS

0110 PROPAGATION PARAMETERS OF ACOUSTIC AND ELASTIC WAVES

0111 Velocity in gases

0112 Velocity in liquids and suspensions
0113 Velocity in solids, elastic constants
0114 Absorption in gases
0115 Absorption in liquids
0116 Attenuation in suspensions
0117 Attenuation in solids
0118 Propagation in porous solids
0119 Measurement methods

0120 REFLECTION, REFRACTION, DIFFRACTION, INTERFERENCE & SCATTERING OF ACOUSTIC

AND ELASTIC WAVES

0121 Reflection and refraction of acoustic waves

0122 Diffraction and scattering of acoustic waves
0124 Reflection and refraction of elastic waves
0125 Diffraction and scattering of elastic waves
0127 Interference phenomena

0130 SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES AND GUIDED WAVES

0131 Rayleigh waves

0132 Stoneley waves
0133 Lamb waves
0137 Surface acoustic wave devices

0140 QUANTUM ACOUSTICS

0141 Phonon-phonon interactions

0142 Phonon-electron interactions
0143 Phonon-quasi particle interactions
0144 Low temperature acoustics
0145 Acoustic tunnelling effects
0146 Pretersonics (frequencies above 1010 Hz)
0147 Phonon beam properties
0148 Plasma acoustics

0150 NON-LINEAR ACOUSTICS

0151 Generation, propagation and interaction of finite amplitude waves in fluids

0152 Streaming and radiation force
0153 Cavitation
0154 Non-linear effects in sound beams (including parametric sources)
0155 Shock-wave sources
0156 Non-linear acoustics of solids
0157 Solitons, chaos

0160 ACOUSTO OPTICS

0161 Schlieren systems

0163 Laser generation of ultrasound
0165 Laser detection and interferometry
0167 Photoacoustic spectroscopy
0169 Acousto optics of crystals

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0170 GENERATION, DETECTION AND EFFECTS OF ULTRASOUND

0171 Piezoelectric materials

0172 Magnetostrictive materials
0173 Transducer construction
0174 Detection systems
0176 Magneto-acoustic effects
0177 Acoustical nuclear and magnetic resonance
0178 Chemical effects, sonochemistry
0179 Biological effects

0180 NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND IMAGING

0181 Acoustic emission

0182 Pulse-echo nondestructive testing
0183 Pulse-echo imaging (including medical)
0184 Holography
0185 Acoustic tomography and visualization
0186 Acoustic microscopy
0187 Flow measurement
0188 Thermoacoustics

0190 AERODYNAMIC NOISE

0191 Flow noise

0195 Vortex generation

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0200 HEARING AND SPEECH

0210 AUDIOLOGY

0211 Physiology of the ear

see also: 0231 Physiology of the vocal tract
0213 Audiometry
0215 Audiological instrumentation
0216 Audiological test rooms

0220 HEARING CONSERVATION

see also: 0329 Hearing conservation in transportation
0339 Hearing conservation in industry
0349 Hearing conservation in the construction industry
0359 Hearing conservation and entertainment noise
0369 Hearing conservation and leisure noise
0395 Health effects (effects of noise on the community)
1131 The Noise at Work Regulations

0222 Occupational noise exposure

0225 Hearing protection

0230 SPEECH ACOUSTICS

0231 Physiology of the vocal tract

see also: 0211 Physiology of the ear
0233 Acoustic phonetics
0235 Auditory modelling
0237 Clinical acoustics
0238 Speech development

0240 SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY AND QUALITY

0242 Articulation index

0245 Human factors

0250 SPEECH RECOGNITION

0252 Speech recognition by the ear

0255 Speech recognition by machine
0257 Speaker verification

0260 SPEECH SYNTHESIS

0262 Synthesis by rule

0264 Analysis / synthesis
0266 Concatenation

0270 SPEECH CODING

0275 Compression

0280 SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

0290 SPEECH ANALYSIS

0291 Spoken language

0292 Prosody

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0300 ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE

0310 GENERAL

0311 Sources of environmental noise

0312 Measurement of environmental noise
see also: 0050 Instrumentation and test methods
0313 Propagation and meteorology
0314 Barriers
0315 Criteria
0316 Environmental Health
0317 Planning (including environmental impact assessment, JM 7/1/2002)

0320 TRANSPORTATION
see also: 0630 Vibration in transportation

0321 Road traffic

0322 Vehicle noise
0324 Railways
0325 Light railways
0326 Aircraft/aeronautics
0328 Ships
0329 Hearing conservation in transportation
see also: 0220 Hearing conservation

0330 INDUSTRY
see also: 0640 Vibration in Industry

0331 Sources of industrial noise

0332 Factory buildings; acoustics and sound insulation
see also: 0426 Industrial buildings (sound insulation)
0333 Quarrying and mining operations
0334 Agriculture
0335 Prediction methods
0336 Criteria
0337 Noise control methods
0338 Noise control products
0339 Hearing conservation in industry
see also: 0220 Hearing conservation

0340 CONSTRUCTION

0341 Sources of construction noise

0342 Construction sites
0345 Prediction methods
0346 Criteria
0347 Noise control methods
0348 Noise control products
0349 Hearing conservation in the construction industry
see also: 0220 Hearing conservation

0350 ENTERTAINMENT

0351 Sources of entertainment noise

0352 Places of entertainment; acoustics and sound insulation
see also: 0400 Sound insulation
0700 Acoustics of spaces
0355 Prediction methods
0356 Criteria
0357 Noise control methods
0358 Noise control products
0359 Hearing conservation and entertainment noise
see also: 0220 Hearing conservation

0360 LEISURE ACTIVITIES

0361 Sources of leisure noise

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0362 Sites for leisure activities

0365 Prediction methods
0366 Criteria
0367 Noise control methods
0368 Noise control products
0369 Hearing conservation and leisure noise
see also: 0220 Hearing conservation

0370 NOISE FROM COMMERCIAL PREMISES

0371 Sources of noise from commercial premises

0375 Prediction methods
0376 Criteria
0377 Noise control methods
0378 Noise control products

0380 DOMESTIC AND NEIGHBOURHOOD NOISE

0381 Sources of domestic and neighbourhood noise

0382 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)
0385 Prediction methods
0386 Criteria (see also 0421)
0387 Noise control methods
0388 Noise control products

0390 EFFECTS OF NOISE ON THE COMMUNITY

see also: 0690 Human response to vibration

0392 Community noise rating

0394 Sleep disturbance
0395 Health effects
0396 Criteria

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0400 SOUND INSULATION

0410 THEORY

0411 Airborne sound

0412 Statistical energy analysis
0413 Flanking transmission
0415 Impact sound
0418 Measurement of sound insulation
see also: 0050 Instrumentation and test methods
0419 Subjective evaluation of Sound Insulation (JM 7/1/2002)

0420 CRITERIA

0421 Dwellings
see also: 0386 Criteria (domestic and neighbourhood noise)
0734 Domestic rooms (acoustics of spaces)
0422 Educational buildings
see also: 0731 Classrooms and lecture theatres (acoustics of spaces)
0423 Offices
see also: 0733 Cellular offices (acoustics of spaces)
0750 Open plan offices (acoustics of spaces)
0424 Auditoria
see also: 0720 Auditoria (acoustics of spaces)
0425 Recording & broadcast studios
see also: 0760 Recording and broadcast studios (acoustics of spaces)
0426 Industrial buildings
see also: 0332 Factory buildings; acoustics and sound insulation
0785 Factory buildings (acoustics of spaces)
0427 Religious buildings
see also: 0740 Places of worship (acoustics of spaces)
0428 Leisure buildings
see also: 0780 Miscellaneous spaces (acoustics of spaces)
0429 Other building types
see also: 0780 Miscellaneous spaces (acoustics of spaces)

0430 BUILDING ENVELOPE

see also: 0490 Sound insulation data

0431 Walls
0433 Windows
0434 Ventilation through the building envelope (including passive stack ventilation, JM 7/1/2002)
0435 External doors
0437 Roofs

0440 INTERNAL DIVISIONS

see also: 0490 Sound insulation data

0441 Walls and partitions

0442 Domestic separating walls
0443 Demountable & folding partitions
0444 Doors
0445 Corridors/lobbies
0446 Floors
0447 Domestic separating floors
0449 High performance constructions (room-within-room, studios, music practice rooms etc.)

0490 SOUND INSULATION DATA

0491 Airborne sound insulation

0493 Flanking transmission
0495 Impact sound insulation

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0500 BUILDING SERVICES

0510 GENERAL AND THEORY

0512 Criteria
see also: 0420 Criteria (sound insulation, building types)
0700 Acoustics of spaces (building types)

0520 PRIMARY PLANT

0521 Power stations

0522 Wind power
0523 Turbines
0524 Generators
0525 Boilers
0526 Burners
0528 Lifts and Escalators (JM 7/1/2002)
0529 Other

0530 HEAT EXCHANGE PLANT

0531 Cooling towers

0532 Chillers
0533 Heat pumps
0534 Condensers
0535 Calorifiers
0536 Immersion heaters
0539 Other

0540 PRIMARY CIRCULATION PLANT

0541 Fans
0542 Air Handling Units
0545 Pumps
0546 Water tanks
0549 Other

0550 SECONDARY CIRCULATION PLANT

0551 Fan coil units

0552 Fan convectors
0553 Fan powered mixing boxes
0555 Pumps
0559 Other

0560 DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT

0561 Ductwork
0562 Dampers
0563 Grilles & Diffusers
0564 Induction units
0565 Variable air volume units
0566 Constant volume devices
0567 Pipes
0568 Valves and taps
0569 Other (including lighting – JM 7/1/2002)

0570 METHODS OF NOISE CONTROL

0571 Plant rooms

0572 Enclosures
0573 Acoustic louvres
0574 Duct linings and attenuators
0575 Plenum chambers
0576 Lagging
0577 Treatment for duct and pipe penetration of walls
0578 Active noise control
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0579 Other

0580 VIBRATION IN BUILDING SERVICES

see also: 0600 Vibration

0581 Physical principles

0583 Sources of vibration
0585 Vibration isolation methods - passive
0586 Vibration isolation methods - active
see also: 0617 Active control of vibration
0587 Vibration isolation products

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0600 VIBRATION
see also: 0580 Vibration in building services

0610 GENERAL & THEORY

0611 Physical principles

0612 Sources of vibration
0613 Measurement of vibration
see also: 0058 Vibration (instrumentation and test methods)
0614 Transmission of vibration
0616 Vibration isolation

0620 VIBRATION AND BUILDINGS

0621 Physical principles

0622 Sources of groundborne vibration
0623 Measurement of groundborne vibration
see also: 0056 Vibration (Instrumentation and test methods)
0624 Transmission of vibration in the ground
0625 Transmission of vibration in buildings
0626 Isolation of buildings
0627 Building isolation products
0628 Effects of vibration on buildings
0629 Criteria

0630 VIBRATION IN TRANSPORTATION

see also: 0320 Transportation (environmental noise)

0640 VIBRATION IN INDUSTRY

see also: 0330 Industrial (environmental noise)

0690 HUMAN RESPONSE TO VIBRATION

0695 Occupational vibration exposure

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0700 ACOUSTICS OF SPACES

0710 THEORY OF ROOM ACOUSTICS

0711 Units and definitions

0712 Absorption
0713 Diffusion
0715 Criteria for music
0716 Criteria for speech
see also: 0054 Speech transmission index and impulse testing of
spaces (instrumentation and test methods)
0240 Speech intelligibility and quality (hearing and speech)
0717 Criteria for reproduced sound
see also: 0815 Criteria (sound systems)
0718 Measurement of room acoustic properties
see also: 0050 Instrumentation and test methods
0719 Scale model testing
see also: 0055 Scale model testing (instrumentation and test methods)

0720 AUDITORIA
see also: 0424 Auditoria (sound insulation, criteria)

0721 Concert Halls

0722 Orchestra platforms / performer conditions
0723 Opera Houses
0724 Theatres
0725 Conference centres
0726 Cinemas
0727 Multi-purpose halls
0728 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)
0729 Examples & press cuttings

0730 ROOMS

0731 Classrooms and lecture theatres

see also: 0422 Educational buildings (sound insulation, criteria)
0732 Court rooms / council chambers / debating chambers
0733 Cellular offices
see also: 0423 Offices (sound insulation, criteria)
0734 Domestic rooms
see also: 0421 Dwellings (sound insulation, criteria)
0735 Music practice and teaching rooms
0738 Miscellaneous rooms
0739 Examples & press cuttings

0740 PLACES OF WORSHIP

0741 Acoustics of places of worship

0743 Sound systems for places of worship
see also: 0810 Sound systems
0745 Criteria
see also: 0427 Religious buildings (sound insulation, criteria)
0749 Examples & press cuttings

0750 OPEN PLAN OFFICES

0751 Principles of design

0753 Speech privacy
0755 Speech masking
see also: 0817 Sound conditioning systems
0757 Products: finishes, screens etc.
0759 Examples & press cuttings

0760 RECORDING AND BROADCASTING STUDIOS

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0761 Principles of design

0765 Criteria
see also: 0425 Recording and broadcast studios (sound insulation,
criteria)
0769 Examples

0780 MISCELLANEOUS SPACES

see also: 0420 Criteria (sound insulation)

0781 Atria
0782 Exhibition halls
0783 Sports halls
0784 Swimming pools
0785 Factory buildings
see also: 0332 Factory buildings, acoustics and sound insulation
(environmental noise)
0789 Other

0790 ACOUSTIC FINISHES

0791 Absorbers
0792 Diffusers
0793 Measurement of acoustic properties
see also: 0050 Instrumentation and test methods
0794 Anechoic and reverberation chambers
0795 Sound absorption data

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0800 ELECTRO-ACOUSTICS

0810 SOUND SYSTEMS

0812 System design

0815 Criteria
see also: 0054 Speech transmission index and impulse testing of
spaces (instrumentation and test methods)
0717 Criteria for reproduced sound (acoustics of spaces)
0817 Sound conditioning systems
see also: 0755 Speech masking

0820 MICROPHONES

0821 Principles of operation

0825 Products

0830 SIGNAL SOURCE MEDIA

0831 Tuners
0832 Record decks
0833 Digital discs
0834 Analogue tape, cassette & cartridge
0835 Digital Audio Tape

0840 AMPLIFIERS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

0842 Mixing desks

0844 Equalisers
0846 Reverberation
0848 Signal processing and enhancement
see also: 0053 Signal processing (instrumentation and test methods)

0850 LOUDSPEAKERS

0851 Principles of operation

0855 Products

0860 CONFERENCE SYSTEMS

0862 Simultaneous translation

0864 Voting systems
0866 Intercoms

0870 INDUCTION LOOP SYSTEMS

0871 Principles of operation

0875 Products

0880 INFRA-RED SYSTEMS

0881 Principles of operation

0885 Products

0890 ELECTRONIC REVERBERATION SYSTEMS

0891 Principles of operation

0895 Products

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0900 MUSICAL ACOUSTICS

0910 MUSIC THEORY, PERCEPTION AND PSYCHOACOUSTICS

0911 Intonation, vibrato, musical scales and musical composition

0912 Music perception and cognition
0913 Musical performance analysis and training

0920 STRINGS

0921 Bowed stringed instruments

0922 Plucked stringed instruments
0923 Hammered stringed Instruments

0930 WOODWINDS AND OTHER REED INSTRUMENTS

0931 Single and double reed instruments

0932 Flutes, recorders and whistles
0933 Bagpipes
0934 Reed organs, accordions and harmonicas

0940 BRASS WIND INSTRUMENTS (LIP-VIBRATED)

0950 PIANOS AND OTHER KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

0951 Pianos
0952 Harpsichords and clavichords

0960 PIPE ORGANS

0970 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS, COMPUTERS

0971 Electrical and electro-mechanical instruments

0972 Synthesis and analysis of musical sounds
0973 Electronic music, computers in music

0980 PERCUSSION

0981 Drums and other membranophonic instruments

0982 Bells, xylophones and other instruments having solid vibrators

0990 THE SINGING VOICE

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1000 UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS

1010 PROPAGATION OF SOUND IN WATER

1011 Normal mode propagation modelling

1012 Ray tracing
1013 Numerical propagation modelling
1014 Hybrid and asymptotic propagation theories
1015 Velocity, attenuation, refraction, and diffraction in water
1016 Doppler effect
1017 Propagation experiments

1020 SCATTERING OF SOUND IN WATER

1021 Volume scattering

1022 Rough interface scattering
1023 Backscattering, echoes and reverberation in water due to combinations of boundaries
1024 Signal coherence or fluctuation due to sound propagation / scattering in the ocean
1025 Scattering experiments

1030 UNDERWATER NOISE

1031 Noise generation mechanisms

1032 Characteristics of the noise field
1033 Noise measurements

1040 TRANSDUCERS AND TRANSDUCER ARRAYS

1041 Transducer and array modelling

1042 Transducer and array calibration
1043 Underwater measurement and calibration, instrumentation and procedures
1044 Beamforming and related signal processing

1050 SONAR SYSTEMS

1051 Active sonar systems

1052 Passive sonar systems and algorithms
1053 Navigational instruments and position fixing systems using underwater sound
1054 Underwater acoustic communications systems

1060 ACOUSTICS OF UNDERWATER STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS

1061 Radiation from objects vibrating under water

1062 Acoustic and mechanical impedance
1063 Structures and materials for absorbing sound in water
1064 Propagation in fluid filled permeable material
1065 Acoustics of sediments, ice covers, viscoelastic media
1066 Seismic underwater acoustics
1067 Materials for transducers and arrays

1070 UNDERWATER NONLINEAR ACOUSTICS

1071 Applications of nonlinear acoustics

1072 Parametric arrays
1073 Underwater explosions

1080 MARINE BIOACOUSTICS

1081 Acoustical detection of marine life, passive and active

1082 Characteristics of bioacoustic signals

1090 UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC REMOTE SENSING

1091 Ocean parameter estimation by acoustical methods, remote sensing

1092 Imaging, inversion and acoustic tomography
1093 Global scale acoustics, ocean basin thermometry, transbasin acoustics

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1100 LEGISLATION, STANDARDS, REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES

1110 UK COMMON LAW

1115 Nuisance

1120 UK ACTS OF PARLIAMENT

1121 Town and Country Planning Act, 1971

1122 The Road Traffic Act, 1972
1123 Land Compensation Act, 1973
1124 The Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974
1125 Control of Pollution Act, 1974 (COPA)
1126 Environmental Protection Act, 1990
1129 Other

1130 UK REGULATIONS AND STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1131 The Noise at Work Regulations

1132 The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations
1133 The Noise Insulation Regulations
1134 The Building Regulations
1135 Orders and Codes of Practice issued under COPA
1139 Other

1140 UK GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

1141 Department of the Environment/DETR/DTLR/DEFRA

1142 Department of Education and Science/DFEE
1143 Department of Health
1144 Department of Trade and Industry
1145 Department of Transport
1148 Royal Commissions and Government Committees (JM 7/1/2001)
1149 Other

1150 UK ORGANISATIONS
see also: 0020 Acoustical organisations

1151 Local Government

1152 British Standards Institution
1153 Health and Safety Executive
1154 Hospital Authorities
1155 Civil Aviation Authority
1156 Noise Advisory Council / Noise Council
1157 Professional associations / learned bodies (Association of Noise Consultants, Chartered
Institute of Building Services Engineers, Institute of Environmental Health Officers etc.)
1158 Pressure groups (National Society for Clean Air and Environmental
Protection, Airfields Environment Federation etc.)
1159 Other

1160 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

see also: 0027 European organisations (acoustical organisations)

1161 Single European Act

1162 European Commission & EC Directives
1163 Interpretative Documents
1164 European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)
1165 European Technical Approvals (CE Marks)

1170 INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS

see also: 0020 Acoustical organisations

1171 Europe
see also: 0027 European organisations (acoustical organisations)
1160 European Community
1172 Asia
1173 Africa
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1174 Australia and New Zealand

1175 North America
1176 South America
1177 Polar Regions
1178 International Standards Organisation
1179 International bodies (World Health Organisation etc.)

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1200 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

1210 LEGAL ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

1212 Legal liabilities

1215 Contracts
1217 Legal profession
1218 Expert Witness (JM 7/1/2002)

1220 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

1222 Accounts
1224 Office procedures
1226 Project procedures
1228 Quality Assurance

1230 INSURANCE

1231 Professional indemnity

1232 Employers' liability
1233 Business premises and contents
1234 Acoustic instrumentation
1239 Other

1240 STAFF RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND WELFARE

1242 Educational establishments and courses

1243 Continuing professional development (CPD)
1244 Job descriptions
1245 CVs
1246 Staff welfare
1248 Pensions

1250 PUBLICITY

1252 Practice brochure

1255 Papers and articles
1257 Press releases

1260 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

see also: 0020 Acoustical organisations
1157 Professional associations / learned bodies (UK
organisations)

1261 Association of Noise Consultants

1265 Chartered institutions
1268 Engineering Council
1269 Other

1270 OTHER PROFESSIONALS

1272 Acoustic consultants

1275 The allied professions
see also: 0090 Relevant non-acoustical disciplines

1280 THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

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