UNSW Handbook Course - Noise Management

Noise Management - SESC9130


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Safety Science
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	Contact Hours per Week: 0
	Offered: Semester 2 2005
	Fee Band: 2

Description

Physical, perceptual and legislative aspects of noise. AS1269. Descriptive properties, propagation, loudness and frequency, types of noise. Measurement, decibels, hertz, octaves, time and frequency, weighting, spectral analysis. Perception, loudness, annoyance, phons, dB(A) Leq. Lbgt. Anatomy of and function of the ear, and noise injury. Audiometry exercise in measuring hearing levels. Management of noise.

Assumed knowledge: SESC9100 and SESC9600

Note: Short course mode only (compulsory 3 day workshop plus assessable tasks completed subsequently). This course may not run every year.

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