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Noise Management - SESC9130
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Risk and Safety Sciences
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.safesci.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 0
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

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 and function of the ear, and noise injury; Audiometry exercise in measuring hearing levels; Management of noise.

Assumed knowledge: SESC9201, 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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