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<strong>Volume</strong> 7, <strong>Number</strong> J<br />
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Belgium: Belgian Acoustical Association, Limelette<br />
Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Acustica, Florian6polis<br />
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Canada: Canadian Acoustical Association, Ottawa<br />
China: Acoustical Society ofChina, Beijing<br />
CzechRepublic: Czech Acoustical Society, Praha<br />
Denmark: Danish Acoustical Society, Lyngby<br />
Finland: Acoustical Society ofFinland, Espoo<br />
France: Groupe Acoustique Industrielle et Environnement, SFA, Paris<br />
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Germany: Normenausschuss Akustik, Liirmminderung und<br />
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Slovakia: Slovak Acoustical Society, Bratislava<br />
Slovenia: Slovenian Acoustical Society, Ljubljana<br />
South Africa: Southern Africa Acoustics Institute, Silverton<br />
South Africa: <strong>Noise</strong> & Vibration Division, SA/MechE, Yeoville<br />
Spain: Sociedad Espanola de Acustica, Madrid<br />
Sweden: Swedish Acoustical Society, Stockholm<br />
Switzerland: Schweizerische Gesellschaftfur fUr Akustik, Dubendorf Diibendoif<br />
Turkey: Turkish Acoustical Society, Istanbul<br />
United Kingdom: Institute ofAcoustics, St. Albans<br />
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Success Over the Long Term<br />
As discussed earlier in this column<br />
andelsewhere, mostof theattempts<br />
by theU.S.Congress to enactlegislation<br />
thatwouldreducetheemissions of noise<br />
sources have ended in dismal failure.<br />
There is one major exception, the commercial<br />
airliner. But it has taken a long<br />
timeto makesignificant progress incontrolling<br />
the noise of jet aircraft. To be<br />
specific, morethan a quartercentury.<br />
The life of a commercial aircraft in<br />
today's worldis long,morethantwenty<br />
years with proper upkeep and maintenance.<br />
Indeed, the jet airliner is one of<br />
thelongest-livedandmostexpensiveof<br />
the major noise producers in our society.<br />
America has become a noisier<br />
place overthe last quartercentury, with<br />
the exception of aircraft noise which<br />
has beennoticeablydiminished,except<br />
possiblyto those who liveimmediately<br />
adjacent to the nation's airports.<br />
The Congress assignedthe responsibilityforregulations<br />
controlling aircraft<br />
noiseemissions atthesourceto theFederal<br />
Aviation Administration (FAA).<br />
This program divided the civil aircraft<br />
fleet into three noise stages.<br />
Thenoisy Stage I aircraft werethefirst<br />
tobetaken outoftheinventory ofroughly<br />
7,500 airplanes registered toU.S. carriers.<br />
By thelate 1980s, theyhad all butdisappeared<br />
fromAmerican airspace.<br />
Bytheendoftheyear2000,allStage<br />
2 aircraftare to have been taken out of<br />
inventory, and the entire U.S. airfleetis<br />
to consistof quieterStage 3 aircraft.<br />
Whathas thismeantto the U.S.populace<br />
The FAAestimatedthat in 1975<br />
when Stage 1 aircraft were still flying,<br />
roughlysix millionU.S. residentswere<br />
exposed to levels of aircraft noise high<br />
enough to create a significant annoyance.By<br />
the endof nextyear,that number<br />
is expected to drop to under six<br />
hundred thousand.<br />
How did this remarkable<br />
achievement comeabout First, the<br />
magnitude of the problem was<br />
clearly recognized by all parties involved.<br />
The noise produced by aircraft<br />
is the principal barrier to the<br />
expansion of the world's air transportation<br />
system. Second, a continuing<br />
effort has been made to develop<br />
quieter engines andappropriate noise controltechnology<br />
over thepasthalf-century.<br />
As a result, newly-manufactured jet aircraft<br />
have become quieter and quieter.<br />
Third, there hasbeenclose cooperation between<br />
theregulators, theaitframe andengine<br />
manufacturers, the airlines, and the<br />
airport operators.<br />
Perhaps the philosophy behind the<br />
FAA noise standards program was the<br />
most importantelement of success.As<br />
it was dealing with a long-lived product,<br />
the FAA took into account the<br />
practical trade-off between performanceandcost.The<br />
U.S.Environmental<br />
Protection Agency (EPA) in its<br />
ill-fated program ofthe 1970s to regulate<br />
other sourcesof noise attemptedto<br />
force manufacturers to adopt the latest<br />
noisecontrol technology, regardlessof<br />
cost, and sometimes with an adverse<br />
effect on performance.<br />
Is theaircraft noiseemission problem<br />
solved once and for all Probably not.<br />
The slopeof thecurveof noiseemission<br />
vs timehas changed overthe years, and<br />
may, in thefuture, level out to nearzero.<br />
Growth in the nation's(andthe world's)<br />
airtraffic is suchthatthenoiseimmission<br />
nearairports willcontinue tobe a serious<br />
problem. There are ambitious goals in<br />
the USA to reducefuture aircraft noise<br />
emissions as well as noise irnmission<br />
levels in communities nearairports. The<br />
noisecontrol engineering thatwillbe requireddeserves<br />
all of our support.<br />
- William W Lang<br />
I-INCE President<br />
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Sharing the <strong>Noise</strong> Burden<br />
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Various forms of transportation are<br />
widely regarded as the most prevalent<br />
and difficult to control sources of<br />
noise in urban areas. Tracked vehicles<br />
(trains, light-rail, etc.) are at least predictable<br />
with regard to location of their<br />
emissions.<br />
In a well-planned community, large<br />
trucks and fast moving autos are confined<br />
to motorways and main highways,<br />
and local residents may receive some<br />
protection if high roadside barriers are<br />
built. However, in many towns and cities,<br />
trucks and large numbers of other<br />
through vehicles share what may be intended<br />
as local traffic, residential roadways.<br />
Sometimes the road authorities<br />
try to prevent this by installing chicanes,<br />
roundabouts, speed bumps, etc., but<br />
these in themselves may increase the<br />
noise emission by causing vehicles to<br />
slow down and accelerate in lower<br />
gears. Roadside barriers are not an option<br />
in this case.<br />
Aircraft and airports are particularly<br />
difficult to make into good neighbors.<br />
Some cities are fortunate in having their<br />
major airports in green field sites well<br />
away from the community that they serve.<br />
Too many others, however, have airports<br />
forever expanding from the light aircraft<br />
landing strip provided in the early days of<br />
aviation. Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport<br />
is a case in point. It is very conveniently<br />
locatedjust a few kilometers from<br />
the main central business district, and, in<br />
preparation for the Sydney Olympics in<br />
Year 2000, improved expressways and a<br />
new railway spur are being provided. As<br />
well, millions of dollars are being spent<br />
on expanding the international and passenger<br />
and cargo terminals. A new major<br />
runway has also been completed. Yet,this<br />
is all against the wishes of the surrounding<br />
community!<br />
There is an Australian Standard,<br />
AS 2021, first published in<br />
1977 (and currently under revision),<br />
Acoustics - Aircraftnoise<br />
intrusion - Building siting and<br />
construction. This standard<br />
gives guidance to local authorities<br />
planners, and building professionals<br />
on the location and acoustical adequacy<br />
of buildings near airports. It<br />
relies firstly on an aircraft noise map being<br />
available, and suggests that, within<br />
certain zones, new or upgraded buildings<br />
should not be permitted. Ifthe proposed<br />
site is "conditionally acceptable,"<br />
the standard describes methods for determining<br />
the actual aircraft noise levels<br />
to be expected outdoors and of choosing<br />
suitable forms 6fconstruction so that at<br />
least the indoor sound levels will be acceptable<br />
for most people. It has been<br />
used to guide a government funded<br />
sound insulation project for those worst<br />
affected around Sydney Airport.<br />
However, the residential areas around<br />
the airport have quite varied demography.<br />
In some areas, the voters are consistently<br />
in favor of conservative governments,<br />
and in others, the "Labor" party is<br />
popular. It was commonly believed that a<br />
conservative government would try to<br />
shield residents in conservative-voting<br />
areas. The opposite would occur to residents<br />
in opposition-voting zones. In arecent<br />
election, a promise was made to<br />
"Share the <strong>Noise</strong>," and, as much as<br />
weather conditions permit, to scatter the<br />
flight paths of all landing and leaving aircraft.<br />
This means that there is now no<br />
valid noise map of Sydney airport, and<br />
the (limited) sound insulation projects<br />
cannot be appropriately selected.<br />
Thus, politics can make for bad<br />
acoustical policies.<br />
-Anita Lawrence<br />
Asia-Pacific Editor<br />
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Member Society Profile<br />
••<br />
Osterreichischer Arbeitsring<br />
fur LCirmbekCimpfung<br />
(Austrian <strong>Noise</strong> Abatement Society)<br />
The A~strian <strong>Noise</strong> Abatement Society<br />
(OAL) was founded as a section<br />
of the Osterreichische Arbeitsgemeinschaft<br />
fur Volksgesundheit<br />
(bAV) (Austrian Working Group for<br />
Health) in 1958 October. The administration<br />
was done in bAY with subsidies<br />
from the Ministry for Social Affairs,<br />
other Ministries, and the governments of<br />
the 9 Austrian Lander.<br />
The technical activities were led by<br />
the Federal Institute for Heat and Sound<br />
Technology. The main special tasks undertaken<br />
by the Institute included establishment<br />
of guidelines and dissemination<br />
of the fundamentals of acoustics and<br />
noise control.<br />
Some of the most important guidelines<br />
in the first years were measurement<br />
of noise emission of machines, measurement<br />
of noise emission of vehicles, assessment<br />
of noise exposure (in the<br />
neighborhood and in the working place),<br />
effects of noise on man, the acoustical basis<br />
for the construction of factories, low<br />
noise machines, and the psychology of<br />
noise production by man. Later, guidelines<br />
were established for calculation<br />
methods for road traffic noise, aircraft<br />
noise zones around airports, rail traffic<br />
noise, noise propagation outside and in<br />
factories, the basics for noise control in<br />
town and country planning, and noise labeling<br />
of machines.<br />
In 1987, bAL Guideline 29 on low<br />
noise trucks was issued. This guideline<br />
defined the criteria for low noise trucks in<br />
harmony with criteria already existing in<br />
Germany. When the problems with high<br />
noise levels alongside the transit route<br />
from Germany to Italy through Austria<br />
became serious, the low noise truck<br />
guidelines were applied on the relevant<br />
Austrian roads during nighttime (combined<br />
with a speed limit to 60 kmIh).<br />
The importance of low noise trucks<br />
grew rapidly in Europe and these trucks<br />
are now state-of-the-art. Now, on all<br />
roads in Austria during night time, only<br />
low noise trucks are allowed with a maximum<br />
speed of 60 kmIh (with exemption<br />
to 80 km/h on specially identified road<br />
sections that are not in a noise sensitive<br />
environment) .<br />
After 1991, there were some difficulties<br />
financing the work of bAL within<br />
bAV, and in 1994 an independent association,<br />
Osterreichischer Arbeitsring fur<br />
Ldrmbekdmpfung, was founded.<br />
The aim ofbALis still unchanged; the<br />
dissemination of state-of-the-art information<br />
in noise control - especially<br />
through the preparation of guidelines in<br />
working groups and exchange of experiences<br />
in 5 plenary meetings per year. In<br />
1997, bAL Guideline 36 - Sound<br />
immission maps and conflict maps, planning<br />
ofnoise control measures; acoustical<br />
basis for regional and local planning<br />
- was issued, and at present two working<br />
groups - one on Calculation ofaircraft<br />
noise zones around airports and<br />
airfields and a second on Basics in<br />
psychoacoustics, measurements and assessment<br />
- are drafting guidelines.<br />
bAL is also working within the newly<br />
founded Austrian Acoustics Association<br />
in the section noise control, and has been<br />
invited to work as a Non-Governmental<br />
Organization (NGO) in the Conference<br />
on the European Union's Future <strong>Noise</strong><br />
Policy. For more information, contact the<br />
bAL at the address given in the Member<br />
Society listing on page 11.<br />
This is the twenty-fifth in a series ofarticles<br />
on the activities and history of the<br />
Member Societies oflnternationallNCE.<br />
-Ed.<br />
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<strong>International</strong> Institute of <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering<br />
1998 - PROGRAM SUMMARY - <strong>1999</strong><br />
• •<br />
-<br />
Contents<br />
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Member Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
Congresses 15<br />
Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />
Rules & Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
home page: http://i-ince.org
1998 - PROGRAM SUMMARY - <strong>1999</strong><br />
Introduction<br />
<strong>International</strong>INCE<br />
The <strong>International</strong> Institute of<strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering (I-INCE), founded in 1974, is a worldwide<br />
consortium of organizations concerned with noise control, acoustics and vibration. I-INCE is the<br />
sponsor of the INTER-NOISE Series of <strong>International</strong> Congresses on <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering<br />
held annually in leading cities of the world. I-INCE co-sponsors symposia on specialized topics<br />
within the I-INCE field of interest. The quarterly magazine <strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong>, reaching<br />
more than five thousand specialists within the I-INCE field of interest around the world, is jointly<br />
published by I-INCE and the Institute of <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering of the USA (INCEIUSA). In<br />
1992, 1-INCE instituted a program to undertake technical initiatives on critically-important issues of<br />
international concern within the I-INCE field of interest. This is the first Program Summary of the<br />
activities ofI-INCE. It is planned that this material will be updated and elaborated every other year<br />
prior to publication in <strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong>. Much of the material from this Program Summary<br />
will be posted on the 1-INCE home page. The purpose of this Program Summary is to provide a ready<br />
reference for the I-INCE Member Societies and their members on the I-INCE programs.<br />
Field of Interest<br />
The field of interest of the Institute is noise and vibration.<br />
The engineering aspects ofthe field involve the application of physical means to analyze and optimize<br />
the levels of noise and vibration produced by structures, machines, products, systems, and<br />
processes by controlling the generation, transmission, and radiation of fluidborne sound and<br />
solidborne vibration.<br />
The scientific and socio-economic aspects of the field relate the effects of noise and vibration on<br />
individuals and communities to the optimization of the acoustical climate for human activities. This<br />
involves psychological and physiological acoustics, as well as social and economic studies of the response<br />
of people to sound and vibration, and cost-benefit analyses of technical options to control<br />
noise. Standards, health and safety regulations, ordinances, ecological and governmental policies,<br />
such as land-use planning, are included in the Institute's field of interest.<br />
Adopted by the I-INCE Board of Directors on 1998 November 15.<br />
1-INCE Secretariat<br />
Office of theSecretary General, Prof. Andre Cops, Acoustics and Thermal Physics Lab., Catholic<br />
University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3030 Heverlee-Leuven, Belgium, FAX: +32 16471<br />
530, e-mail: andre.cops@fys.kuleuven.ac.be<br />
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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING<br />
Member Societies, Sustaining Members, and Institutional Members<br />
Member Societies<br />
-\.USTRALIA<br />
AustralianAcoustical Society (1976)<br />
ProfessionalCentre of Australia<br />
Private Bag No.1<br />
DarlinghurstNSW 2010<br />
Facsimile: +61 293316920<br />
Representative: L. Huson<br />
AUSTRIA<br />
Osterreichischer Arbeitsring fur<br />
Larmbekampfung (1982)<br />
Wexstrasse 19-23<br />
1\-1200Wien<br />
Facsimile: +43 1 330 5925<br />
e-mail: Mathias.Stani@tgm.ac.at<br />
homepage: http://www.oal.at<br />
Representative: W. Gassner<br />
BELGIUM<br />
AssociationBelge des Acousticiens (1979)<br />
,Jo D. Soubrier, WTCB/CSTC<br />
Mlle C. Godard, avo P. Holoffe 21<br />
13-1342 Limelette<br />
Facsimile: +3226530729<br />
e-mail: bbri.lim@pophost.eunet.be<br />
horne page: http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.<br />
be/services/acous/abav/index.html<br />
Representative: A. Cops<br />
BRAZIL<br />
SociedadeBrasileira de Acustica (1985)<br />
Acoustics and Vibration Laboratory<br />
Federal University of Santa Catarina<br />
ex P.476<br />
Florianopolis, SC<br />
f~acsimile: +55 482341519 or +55483319677<br />
e-mail.gergeswmboxl.ufsc.br<br />
home page: http://www.sobrac.ufsc.br<br />
Representative: S. Gerges<br />
'CANADA<br />
Canada: Canadian Acoustical Association (1978)<br />
P.O. Box 74068<br />
Ottawa, Ontario KIM 2H9<br />
Facsimile: +1 6139541495<br />
Representative: T. Embleton<br />
CHINA<br />
Acoustical Society of China (1980)<br />
17Zhongguancun Street<br />
Beijing<br />
Facsimile: +86 10 255 3898<br />
Representative:D. Maa<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC<br />
Czech Acoustical Society (1995)<br />
Technicka 2, 16627, Praha 6<br />
Facsimile:+420 2 24 35 23 31<br />
e-mail: csas@feld.cvut.cz<br />
home page: http://csasJeld.cvut.cz<br />
Representative: O. Jiricek<br />
DENMARK<br />
Denmark: Danish Acoustical Society (1975)<br />
Lundtoftevej 100, Bldg. 352-DTU<br />
DK-2800 Lyngby<br />
Facsimile: +45 45 88 05 77<br />
e-mail: atc.das@dat.dtu.dk<br />
Representative: P. Bruel<br />
FINLAND<br />
Acoustical Society of Finland (1981)<br />
Acoustics Laboratory<br />
Helsinki University of Technology<br />
Otakaari 5A<br />
SF-02150 Espoo<br />
Facsimile: +3580460224<br />
e-mail: akustinen.seura@hut.fi<br />
home page: http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/asf/<br />
Representative: A. Jarvinen<br />
FRANCE<br />
Societe Francaise d' Acoustique (1985)<br />
23, AvenueBrunetiere<br />
75017 Paris<br />
Facsimile: +33 148889060<br />
e-mail: sfa@cal.enstJr<br />
home page: http://loa.espciJr<br />
Representative: C. Legros<br />
GERMANY<br />
NALS im DIN und VDI (1976)<br />
Postfach 101139<br />
D-40002 Dusseldorf 1<br />
Facsimile: +492 11 6214 149<br />
e-mail: NALS@vdi.de<br />
home page: http://www.vdi.de/nals/nals.htm<br />
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Akustik (1993)<br />
Carl von Ossietzky Universitat<br />
D- 26111 Oldenburg<br />
Facsimile: +49441 798 3698<br />
e-mail: dega@aku.physik.uni.oldenburg.de<br />
home page: http://www.dega.itap.de<br />
Representative: J. Scheuren<br />
HONG KONG<br />
Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics (1995)<br />
c/o M.K.L. Yeung<br />
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Environmental Protection Department<br />
HKSAR Government<br />
46/F RevenueTower<br />
5 GloucesterRoad<br />
Wanchai, Hong Kong,China<br />
Facsimile: +85227746146<br />
e-mail: besktang@polyu.edu.hk<br />
Representative: M. Yeung<br />
HUNGARY<br />
AcousticalCommissionof HungarianAcademy<br />
of Sciences (1978)<br />
Budarosi lit. 45, Budapest<br />
Facsimile:+3613193144<br />
e-mail: illenyicssparc.core.hu<br />
Representative: A. Illeyni<br />
The Hungarian Society for Optics, Acoustics<br />
and Film Technology - OPAKFI(1992)<br />
Laszlo Fuszfas, General Secretary<br />
Fa u. 68, 1027 Budapest<br />
Facsimile: +36 1 2020452<br />
e-mail: hunoise99.opa@mtesz.hu<br />
Representative: F. Augusztinovicz<br />
INDIA<br />
Acoustical Society of India (observer)<br />
c/o Dr. M. L. Munjal<br />
Indian Institute of Science<br />
Department of Mechanical Engineering<br />
Bangalore, Kamataka 560 012<br />
Facsimile: +91 80334 1648<br />
e-mail: munjal@mecheng.iisc.ernet.in<br />
Representative: M. Munjal<br />
ITALY<br />
AssociazioneItaliana di Acustica (1982)<br />
Instituto di Acustica O. M. Corbino<br />
Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100<br />
1-00133 Roma<br />
Facsimile: +39 06 2066 0061<br />
e-mail: aia@idac.rm.cnr.it<br />
home page: http://www.idac.rm.cnr.itJaia<br />
Representative: L. Maffei<br />
JAPAN<br />
Acoustical Society of Japan (1975)<br />
Ikeda Building, 2-7-7 Yoyogi<br />
Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 151-0053<br />
Facsimile: +81 3 3379 1456<br />
e-mail: KYM05145@nifty.ne.jp<br />
homepage:http://www.soc.nacsis.ac.jp/asj/asj-index.html<br />
Representative: S. Ueha<br />
Institute of <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering of Japan (1976)<br />
c/o KobayasiInstitute of Physical Research<br />
3-20-41 Higashimotomachi, Kokubunji<br />
Tokyo 185-0022<br />
Facsimile: +81 423273847<br />
e-mail: yb7a-ammy@asahi-net.or.jp<br />
home page: http://www.mmjp.or.jp/INCE-JAPAN<br />
Representative: M. Yamashita<br />
KOREA<br />
Acoustical Society of Korea (1982)<br />
635-4 Yucksam-Dong, Kangnam-Ku<br />
Seoul 135-703<br />
Facsimile: +82 2 569 9717<br />
Representative: L Cha<br />
Korean Society for<strong>Noise</strong>andVibration Engineering (1994)<br />
#1406 RenaissanceOfficetel<br />
1598-3,Seocho-Dong, Seocho-Gu<br />
Seoul, 137-070<br />
Facsimile:+82234748004<br />
e-mail: ksnve@nuri.net<br />
home page: http://members.iWorld.netJksnve/<br />
Representative: Y. Kim<br />
LITHUANIA<br />
Lithuanian Acoustical Society (1994)<br />
Kriviu St. 15-2<br />
Vilnius 2007<br />
Facsimile: +3702223451<br />
e-mail: daumantas.ciplys@ff.vu.lt<br />
Representative: D. Guzas<br />
MEXICO<br />
SociedadMexicana de Acustica (1995)<br />
Apaseo el Alto 21-2<br />
Col. San Bartolo Atepehuacan<br />
Del. GustavoA. Madero<br />
C. P.07730, Mexico<br />
Facsimile:+5257526183<br />
Representative: E. Mota<br />
NETHERLANDS<br />
NederlandsAkoestischGenootschap (1977)<br />
c/o Cauberg-Huygen Acoust. Cons.<br />
P.O. Box 480<br />
6200 AL Maastricht<br />
Facsimile:+31 43 343 8781<br />
e-mail: nag@c-hri.nl<br />
home page: http://eaa.essex.ac.<br />
uk/eaa/members/netherla/netherla.html<br />
Representative: T. ten Wolde<br />
NEW ZEALAND<br />
New Zealand AcousticalSociety (1990)<br />
P.O. Box 1181,Auckland<br />
Facsimile: +64 9 309 3540<br />
e-mail: mms@bitz.co.nz<br />
Representative: G. Dodd<br />
NORWAY<br />
Acoustical Society of Norway (1975)<br />
NTNU Acoustics Department<br />
N-7491 Trondheim-NTH<br />
Facsimile: +47 73 59 14 12<br />
e-mail: aase@tele.ntnu.no<br />
Representative: T. Gjestland<br />
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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING<br />
POLAND<br />
Committee on Acoustics - Polish Academy<br />
of Sciences (1977)<br />
Polska Akademia Nauk<br />
Palac Kultury i Nauki<br />
Skrytka pocztowa 24<br />
00-901 Warszawa<br />
Facsimile: +48 22 826 2996<br />
e-mail: akustyka@chopin.edu.pl<br />
Representative: Z. Engel<br />
PORTUGAL<br />
Sociedade Portuguesa de Acristica (1986)<br />
CAPS - Instituto Superior Technico<br />
Av. Rovisco Pais<br />
1047-001 Lisboa<br />
JFacsimile: +351 1 84 65 303<br />
e-mail: bcoelho@ist.utl.pt<br />
Representative: L. Coelho<br />
ROMANIA<br />
Academia Romana, Comisia de Acustica (1980)<br />
Calea Victoriei 125,71102 Bucaresti<br />
Facsimile: +40 1 3125224 or 5316<br />
Representative: A. Stan<br />
RUSSIA<br />
East-European Acoustical Association (1995)<br />
Moskovskoe Shosse 44<br />
196158 St. Petersburg<br />
Facsimile: +7 812 127 9349<br />
e-mail: krylsbp@sovam.com<br />
Representative: A. Nikiforov<br />
Russian Acoustical Society (observer)<br />
Andreyev Acoustical Institute<br />
ul. Shvernika dA<br />
117036 Moscow<br />
Facsimile: +7 095 126 8411<br />
e-mail: dubrov@akin.ru<br />
llOme page: http://www.akin.ru<br />
Representative: N. Dubrovsky<br />
SINGAPORE<br />
Environmental Engineering Society of<br />
Singapore (1985)<br />
Kent Ridge, P. O. Box 1007<br />
Singapore 911101<br />
Facsimile: +65 8742890<br />
e-mail: htchui@singnet.com.sg<br />
Representative: H. Chui<br />
SLOVAKIA<br />
Slovak Acoustical Society (1996)<br />
Slovak Academy of Sciences<br />
Racianska 75, P.O. Box 95<br />
830 08 Bratislava 38<br />
Facsimile: +421 74425 33<br />
e-mail: markus@umms.sava.sk<br />
Representative: S. Marcus<br />
SLOVENIA<br />
Slovenian Acoustical Society (<strong>1999</strong>)<br />
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering<br />
University of Ljubljana<br />
Askerceva 6<br />
SI-1000 Ljubljana<br />
Facsimile: +38661 218567<br />
e-mail: erika.zelezic@fs.uni-lj.si<br />
Representative: M. Cudina<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
Southern Africa Acoustics Institute (1976)<br />
P.O. Box 72717<br />
Lynnwoodridge 0040<br />
Facsimile: +27 12 734 4893<br />
e-mail: vmeij@chips.co.za<br />
Representative: V. Meij<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration Division, SAIMechE (1996)<br />
South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering<br />
P.O. Box 93395, Yeoville 2143<br />
Facsimile: +27 11 648 1387<br />
e-mail: jh29@pixie.co.za<br />
Representative: 1. Hassall<br />
SPAIN<br />
Sociedad Espanola de Aciistica (1996)<br />
c/ Serrano 144, 28006 Madrid<br />
Facsimile: +3491411 7651<br />
e-mail: sea@fresno.csic.es<br />
home page: http://www.ia.csic.es/Sea/index.html<br />
Representative: A. Perez-Lopez<br />
SWEDEN<br />
Swedish Acoustical Society (1980)<br />
c/o Ingemansson Technology AB<br />
Box 47321<br />
S-100 74 Stockholm<br />
Facsimile: +46 8 182678<br />
e-mail: pa.hellstrom@hellbergsafety.se<br />
Representative: P. Hellstrom<br />
SWITZERLAND<br />
Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Akustik (1975)<br />
Postfach 251,8600 Diibendorf<br />
Facsimile: +41 1 8234793<br />
e-mail: Beat.Hohmann@compuserve.com<br />
home page: http://eaa.essex.ac.<br />
uk/eaa/members/switzerllswitzerl.html<br />
Representative: B. Hohmann<br />
TURKEY<br />
Turkish Acoustical Society (1997)<br />
c/o (Mrs.) Prof. M. Serefhanoglu Sozen<br />
YT.u. Mimarlik Fakiiltesi, Besiktas<br />
80750 Istanbul<br />
Facsimile: +90212261 0549<br />
e-mail: serefhan@yildiz.edu.tr<br />
home page: http://www.takder.org<br />
Representative: Z. Karabiber<br />
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UNITEDKINGDOM<br />
Institute of Acoustics (1980)<br />
77A St. Peter's Street<br />
St. Albans, Herts ALl 3BN<br />
Facsimile: +44 1727 85 05 53<br />
e-mail: Acoustics@clusl.ulcc.ac.uk<br />
home page: http://ioa.essex.ac.uk/ioa<br />
Representative: L Campbell<br />
U.S.A.<br />
Instituteof <strong>Noise</strong> ControlEngineering of the U.S.A. (1975)<br />
P.O. Box 3206 Arlington Branch<br />
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603<br />
Facsimile: +1 9144630201<br />
e-mail: hq@ince.org<br />
home page: http://ince.org<br />
Representative: A. Harris<br />
Acoustical Society of America (1976)<br />
Two Huntington Quadrangle, Suite INOI<br />
Melville, NY 11747-4502<br />
Facsimile: +1 5165762377<br />
e-mail: asa@aip.org<br />
home page: http://asa.aip.org<br />
Representative: L. Sutherland<br />
YUGOSLAVIA<br />
Acoustical Society of Yugoslavia (observer)<br />
c/o Prof. P. Pravica<br />
Elektrotehnicki Fakultet<br />
Bulevar Revolucije 73<br />
11000 Beograd<br />
Facsimile: +381 11 3248681<br />
e-mail: epravica@ubbg.etf.bg.ac.yu<br />
Representative: P. Pravica<br />
Sustaining Members<br />
Bond voor Materialenkennis<br />
Postbus 390<br />
330 AI Zwijndrecht<br />
The Netherlands<br />
Briiel and Kjrer AlS<br />
Skodsborgvej 307<br />
DK2850 Nrerum<br />
Denmark<br />
LMS <strong>International</strong>, NV<br />
Numerical Integration Technologies NY<br />
Interleuvenlaan 68<br />
3001 Leuven, Belgium<br />
CEL Instruments Ltd<br />
35 Bury Mead Road<br />
Hitchin, Herts SG5 IRT<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Norsonic AS<br />
P.O. Box 24<br />
3408 Tranby, Norway<br />
Rion Co., Ltd.<br />
Higashimotomachi 3-20-41<br />
Kokubunji<br />
Tokyo 185, Japan<br />
Institutional Members<br />
Centro de Investigaci6n en Actistoca de; Siste,a INTI<br />
Parque Techno16gico Miguelete<br />
Cassilla de Correo 157<br />
1650 - San Martin<br />
Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
Laboratorium voor Aoestiek en Therrnische Fysica<br />
Catholic University of Leuven<br />
Celestijnenlaan 200D,<br />
B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium<br />
Centre Technique des Industries Mechanique<br />
52 Avenue Felix Louat<br />
B.P.67<br />
60304 Senlis, France<br />
Sone Lab., R.LE.C.<br />
Tohoku University<br />
2-1-1 Katahira<br />
Aoba-Ku,<br />
Sendai980,Japan<br />
Center for <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration Control<br />
Department of Mechanical Engineering<br />
KAIST<br />
Taejon 305-701, Korea<br />
Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil<br />
Ministerio das Obras Publicas<br />
Transportes e Communicacoes<br />
Avenue do Brazil 101<br />
1799 Lisboa, Portugal<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control Association of the Baltic State Technical<br />
University<br />
c/o Professor N.L Ivanov,<br />
l-St. Krasnoarmejskaja 1<br />
198005 St. Petersburg, Russia<br />
Department of Applied Acoustics<br />
Chalmers University of Technology<br />
S-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden<br />
Graduate Program in Acoustics<br />
The Pennsylvania State University<br />
University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A.<br />
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Congresses<br />
The INTER-NOISE Series<br />
Past Congresses<br />
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1972<br />
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1989<br />
1990<br />
1991<br />
1992<br />
1993<br />
1994<br />
1995<br />
1996<br />
1997<br />
1998<br />
FutureCongresses<br />
City,Country<br />
Washington, USA<br />
Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
Washington, USA<br />
Sendai, Japan<br />
Washington, US<br />
Zurich, Switzerland<br />
San Francisco, USA<br />
Warsaw, Poland<br />
Miami, USA<br />
Amsterdam, Netherlands<br />
San Francisco, USA<br />
Edinburgh, UK<br />
Honolulu, USA<br />
Munich, Germany<br />
Cambridge, USA<br />
Bejing, China<br />
Avignon, France<br />
Newport Beach, USA<br />
Gothenburg, Sweden<br />
Sydney, Australia<br />
Toronto, Canada<br />
Leuven, Belgium<br />
Yokohama, Japan<br />
Newport Beach, USA<br />
Liverpool, UK<br />
Budapest, Hungary<br />
Christchurch, New Zealand<br />
Congress President<br />
MJ. Crocker<br />
F. Ingerslev<br />
J.e. Johnson<br />
T Nimura<br />
P.K. Baade<br />
E.H. Rothauser<br />
W.W.Lang<br />
S. Czarnecki<br />
G.e. Maling<br />
V.M.A Peutz<br />
1.G. Seebold<br />
EJ. Richards<br />
W.W.Lang<br />
E. Zwicker<br />
R.H. Lyon<br />
D.Y. Maa<br />
1. Mattei<br />
G.C. Maling<br />
T Kihlman<br />
A Lawrence<br />
TF.W. Embleton<br />
A Cops<br />
M. Koyasu<br />
AH. Marsh<br />
B. Berry<br />
A. Illenyi<br />
H. Marshall<br />
Host Society<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
DAS<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
ASJ<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
I-INCE<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
PAN<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
NAG<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
loA<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
VDI<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
AS<br />
SFA<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
SAS<br />
AAS<br />
CAA<br />
ABAV<br />
INCE/J & ASJ<br />
INCEIUSA<br />
loA<br />
OPAKFI<br />
NZAS<br />
INTER-NOISE 99 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, <strong>1999</strong> December 06-08<br />
INTER-NOISE 00 Nice, France, 2000 August 28-30<br />
INTER-NOISE 01 Den Hague, Netherlands, 2001 August 28-30<br />
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Governance<br />
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS<br />
Term through December<br />
President:<br />
Secretary General:<br />
W. Lang (USA)<br />
A. Cops (Belgium)<br />
<strong>1999</strong><br />
2000<br />
Vice Presidents:<br />
Directors:<br />
G. Daigle (Canada)<br />
T. Embleton (Canada)<br />
T. Kihlman (Sweden)<br />
G. Maling (USA)<br />
J. Tourret (France)<br />
B. Berry (UK)<br />
P Bruel (Denmark)<br />
A. Illenyi (Hungary)<br />
M. Koyasu (Japan)<br />
H. Marshall (New Zealand)<br />
A. Marsh (USA)<br />
T. Sone (Japan)<br />
2000<br />
2001<br />
2000<br />
<strong>1999</strong><br />
<strong>1999</strong><br />
2002<br />
<strong>1999</strong><br />
2003<br />
2000<br />
2004<br />
2001<br />
2000<br />
PAST OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS<br />
(with terms of office)<br />
F. Ingerslev, President (1974-87)<br />
EJ. Rathe, Secretary General (1974-80)<br />
H. Myncke, Secretary General (1981-93)<br />
MJ. Crocker (1974-78)<br />
O. Juhl Pedersen (1974-79)<br />
J.e. Johnson (1975-80)<br />
T Nimura (1976-81)<br />
PK. Baade (1977-82)<br />
E.H. Rothauser (1978-83)<br />
E.J. Rathe (1978-83)<br />
W.W. Lang (1979-84)<br />
S. Czarnecki (1980-82)<br />
Z. Engel (1983-85)<br />
G.c. Maling (1981-86)<br />
Y.M.A. Peutz (1982-1987)<br />
J.G. Seebold (1983-1988)<br />
EJ. Richards (1984-85)<br />
H.G. Leventhall (1986-89)<br />
T. Sone(1985-l990)<br />
E. Zwicker (1986-1989)<br />
H. Fastl (1990-1991)<br />
R.H. Lyon (1987-1992)<br />
D.Y. Maa (1988-1993)<br />
J. Mattei (1989-1994)<br />
G.c. Maling (1990-1995)<br />
T Kihlman (1991-1996)<br />
A. Lawrence (1992-1997)<br />
TF. W. Embleton (1993-1998)<br />
W.W. Lang, Director-at-Large (1974-87)<br />
J. Mattei, Director-at-Large (1975-88)<br />
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ADDRESSES OF CURRENT OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS<br />
(in alphabetical order)<br />
Mr. Bernard Berry, Centre for Acoustical Metrology, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 OLW, United<br />
Kingdom, FAX: +44 181 943,6217, e-mail: bernard.berry@npl.co.uk<br />
Dr. Per Brtiel, Bruel Acoustics, Gl Holtevej 97, DK2840 Holte, Denmark, FAX: +45 45802246<br />
Prof. Andre Cops, Acoustics and Thermal Physics Lab., Catholic University ofLeuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3030<br />
Heverlee-Leuven, Belgium, FAX: +32 16471 530,<br />
e-mail: andre.cops@fys.kuleuven.ac.be<br />
Dr. Gilles Daigle, National Research Council, Bldg. M-36, Ottawa, ON KIA OR6, Canada, FAX: +1 613 993 6188,<br />
e-mail: giIles.daigle@nrc.ca<br />
Dr. Tony Embleton, 80 Sheardown Drive, P.O. Box 786, Nobleton, ON LOG 1NO, Canada, FAX: +1 905 859 1136,<br />
e-mail: wahrens@yorku.ca<br />
Prof. Andras Illenyi, Department ofTelecommunication and Telematics, G. Bekesy Acoustical Research Laboratory,<br />
Sztoczekutca2, H-111 Budapest, Hungary, FAX: +3614631763, e-mail:iIlenyi@sparc.core.hu<br />
Prof. Tor Kihlman, Chalmers University ofTechnology, Dept. ofBuilding Acoustics, S-412-96 Gothenburg, Sweden,<br />
FAX: +46 31 772 2212, e-mail: tk@chalmers.se<br />
Prof. Masaru Koyasu, Acoustical Engineering Lab., Shinjuku 2-13-806, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 160, Japan, FAX: +813<br />
33567566, e-mail: koyasu@tkd.att.ne.jp<br />
Prof. William W. Lang, <strong>International</strong> Institute of <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering, P.O. Box 3067 Arlington Branch,<br />
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603, USA, FAX: +1 473-9325, e-mail: langww@alum.mit.edu<br />
Prof. Anita Lawrence, P.O. Box 78, Wahroonga, NSW 2076, Australia, FAX: +61294498694<br />
Dr. George C. Maling, Institute of <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering, P.O. Box 3206 Arlington Branch, Poughkeepsie, NY<br />
12603, USA, FAX: +1 9144630201, e-mail: maling@alum.mit.edu<br />
Mr. Alan H. Marsh, DyTec Engineering, 5092 Tasman Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649, FAX: +1 714897 1611,<br />
e-mail: marsh_alan@msn.com<br />
Prof. Harold Marshall, Marshall Day Acoustics, P.O. Box 5811, Auckland, New Zealand, FAX: +64 3 2266919,<br />
e-mail: waitotara-flowers@xtra.co.nz<br />
Prof. Toshio Sone, Research Institute ofElectrical Communications, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan, FAX: +81<br />
222639848, e-mail: tsone@sone.riec.tohoku.ac.jp<br />
Dr. Jean Tourret, CETIM, B.P. 80067, 60304 Senlis, France, FAX: +3344673217,<br />
e-mail: tourret@cetim.fr<br />
MINUTES OF THE 1998-11-15 MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY<br />
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING<br />
SUNDAY, 1998 NOVEMBER 15, IN CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND<br />
Present<br />
Australia - L. Huson<br />
Brazil- S. Gerges<br />
Czech Republic - Z. Skvor<br />
Germany (DEGA) - 1. Scheuren<br />
Hungary (Commission) - A. Illenyi<br />
Hungary (OPAKFI) - F. Augusztinovicz<br />
Italy - L. Maffei<br />
Japan (ASJ) - H. Tachibana<br />
Japan (INCE/J) - S. Kuwano<br />
Board members present:<br />
B.Berry<br />
G. Daigle<br />
T. Embleton<br />
T. Kihlman<br />
M. Koyasu<br />
W. Lang<br />
A. Lawrence<br />
G. Maling<br />
A. Marsh<br />
T.Sone<br />
Korea (N&V) - Y. Kim<br />
Netherlands - T. ten Wolde<br />
New Zealand - G. Dodd<br />
Poland - Z. Engel<br />
Russia - A. Ionov<br />
Switzerland - B. Hoffmann<br />
Turkey - Z. Karabiber<br />
United Kingdom - 1. Campbell<br />
USA (ASA) - L. Sutherland<br />
USA (INCE/USA) - A. Harris<br />
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Agenda. (The draft agenda was circulated before the meeting by letter dated 1998 January 05.)<br />
1. Opening of the meeting.<br />
2. Roll call of delegates.<br />
3. Adoption of the Agenda.<br />
4. Approval of the minutes of the Twenty-Third Meeting held in Budapest, Hungary, on 1997 August 27.<br />
5. Report of the Secretary General.<br />
6. Consideration ofI-INCE Rules, Part 1: General Assembly, and Part 2: I-INCE Technical Work.<br />
7. Consideration of possible venues for future INTER-NOISE Congresses.<br />
8. Consideration of the establishment of a Congress Selection Committee (CSC) and a CSC Executive Committee.<br />
9. Consideration of the unit annual payment for <strong>1999</strong>.<br />
10. Consideration of Voting Draft: "Technical Assessment of the Effect of Regulations on Road Vehicle <strong>Noise</strong>,"<br />
(published in NNI, vol. 3, no. 2, 1995 June).<br />
11. Consideration of CommentDraft: "Technical Assessment of the Effectiveness of <strong>Noise</strong> Walls," (NNI, vol. 6, no. 1,<br />
1998 <strong>March</strong>).<br />
12. Consideration of proposals for future work.<br />
13, Other business.<br />
14. Closing of the meeting.<br />
Minutes<br />
1. Opening. The President opened the meeting at 13.00 hours.<br />
2. Roll call of delegates. The roll is summarized in the attendance list above.<br />
3. Adoption of the agenda. A motion to adopt the Draft Agenda circulated on 1998 January 05 was approved unanimously.<br />
4. Approvalofthe minutes. The minutes ofthe 23rd 1-INCE General Assembly held on 1997 August 27 in Budapest,<br />
Hungary, and published in <strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong> (1997 December issue, pages 231-233) were approved with<br />
one abstention.<br />
5. Reportofthe SecretaryGeneral. In the absence of the Secretary General, a comprehensive report by him on the affairs<br />
ofI-INCE was read. There is currently a total of 43 Member Societies, six Sustaining Members and eight Institutional<br />
Members. The I-INCE financial report for the year ending 1997.12.31 was published in <strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> (1998 June issue, page 108). The Secretary General's report also includes the budget for the calendar<br />
year and the tentative budget for the next calendar year. In the discussion of the Secretary General's report, it was<br />
pointed out that in the future the cost of operating the 1-INCE Secretariat will almost certainly have to increase. The<br />
request was made that an estimate be obtained of the real cost of operating the Secretariat. The Secretary General's<br />
report included an application for Member Society status from the Slovenian Acoustical Society. The Board reviewed<br />
this application at its meeting on November 14, and submitted it to the General Assembly for action, recommending<br />
approval. A motion was made and seconded that the Secretary General's report be accepted, and that the<br />
application of the Slovenian Acoustical Society be approved. The motion passed with no negative votes and two abstentions.<br />
This brings the number of I-INCE Member Societies to 44.<br />
6. Approval ofl-INCE Rules. Part 1, I-INCE General Assembly and Part 2, I-INCE Technical Work, were drafted<br />
following the General Assembly meeting in Budapest and sent to the Member Societies for review and voting in<br />
1998 January. Seven societies have voted by letter ballot. Comments requiring action were received from DEGA regarding<br />
Part 1, Article 8. DEGA requested that Article 8, Part 1, second sentence, third paragraph, be changed to<br />
read:"On substantive issues, the I-INCE Secretariat shall send voting papers by mail to the official mailing addresses<br />
of the Member Societies at least three months in advance of a meeting of the General Assembly." DEGA<br />
also requested that Article 3, Part 1, third paragraph, be deleted. A motion was made to accept these amendments.<br />
There were 14 yes votes, none opposed, and 2 abstentions. The UK delegate raised a point concerning the financial<br />
liabilities of the Member Societies. It was pointed out that I-INCE is a not-for-profit, non-governmental institute organized<br />
under Swiss Civil Law. The question could not be answered during the General Assembly, but will be considered<br />
and reported to the next General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale. There was a roll call on acceptance of the<br />
Rules. The results were 28 yes, 1 no, and 1 abstention. The U.S.A. voted affirmative with comments which were<br />
duly noted. Both American Member Societies expressed concern over the small percentage of affirmative votes<br />
needed to approve an international document. The small percentage is based on responses to voting issues since<br />
1992 when only a few ofthe Member Societies have responded to urgent correspondence concerning I-INCE technical<br />
initiatives. This question of percentage responding will be revisited in Fort Lauderdale and during subsequent<br />
General Assemblies after the Member Societies have become accustomed to having their representatives cast ballots<br />
for their Member Societies during the meeting of the General Assembly.<br />
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7. Venues for Future INTER-NOISE Congresses. This agenda item was considered together with the next following<br />
agenda item.<br />
8. Establishmentofa Congress Selection Committee (CSC). The Board had a lengthy discussion on this issue at its<br />
meeting in Christchurch. It was emphasized that there is a need for rules to guide the operation ofthe CSC; rules that<br />
take into account the representation at the Congresses, i.e., the number of delegates attending the INTER-NOISE<br />
Congresses from the three geographical areas ofthe world in which 1-INCE operates (i.e., Pan-America, Europe and<br />
Asia-Pacific). It was concluded that the procedures for the CSC must be definedbefore the CSC starts its operations.<br />
For this reason, it was decided that the establishment ofthe CSC should be deferred for twelve months until the next<br />
meeting ofthe General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A motion was made, and unanimously approved, that<br />
the draft ofthe CSC rules of operation be prepared in the near future and posted on the Internet at least three months<br />
in advance of the Fort Lauderdale meeting. The draft rules should address the rotation schedule and the manner in<br />
which a Member Society submits a formal expression of interestinhosting a future INTER-NOISE Congress. In the<br />
interim period between now and the Fort Lauderdale Congress, the rotation scheme that has been in place for the<br />
past several years will be continued. This means that the Congress in 2002 will be held in the Americas with one of<br />
the Member Societies in North America acting as the host. The decision on INTER-NOISE 2002 will be made during<br />
the Congress in Fort Lauderdale. It is anticipated that the CSC and its Executive Committee will meetfor the first<br />
time during the Fort Lauderdale Congress.<br />
9. Annual Paymentsfor <strong>1999</strong>. There was a lengthy discussion ofthe finances ofI-INCE. As reported by the Secretary<br />
General in the audited report for the year ending 1997.12.31, there is a relatively small reserve in the Institute's account<br />
in the bank at the present time. But what will the situation be ten years from now at the end ofthe year 20017<br />
The I-INCE Secretariat is operating with high efficiency at very little cost to the Institute because the work is supported<br />
elsewhere. Is this a sustainable situation The I-INCE dues have remained at CHF 300 since 1974, when the<br />
Institute was established, with no increase. The opinion survey that was sent out last year elicited responses from<br />
most ofthe Member Societies which indicated that there was little enthusiasm for engaging a paid professional staff<br />
to do the work ofthe Secretariat. It is obvious as we move into the next decade that the present financial situation of<br />
1-INCE must be improved. New rules for the operation ofthe Institute have been adopted, and the Member Societies<br />
have been assigned to three classifications: large, medium, and small. In order to make this classification, it was assumed<br />
that 25% ofthe individual members ofacoustical societies and 100% ofindividual members ofnoise/vibration/engineering<br />
societies are interested in noise control. This lead to the classification scheme that large societies<br />
are those with more than 200 individuals who are concerned with noise control; medium societies are those with between<br />
40 and 199 members interested in noise control; and small societies are those with fewer than 40 with such interest.<br />
The idea has been introduced that there be a one-two-three multiple of the unit annual payment for the small,<br />
medium and large Member Societies; the objective being to eventually increase dues to meet the increased cost of<br />
running the Secretariat and to take care ofotherexpenses that are anticipated in future operations. A numberofquestions<br />
were posed during this discussion for which immediate answers were not available; these concerned the cost of<br />
the current operation of the I-INCE Secretariat; income from INTER-NOISE Congresses; cost ofNNI; etc. Delegates<br />
stressed the need for a more complete accounting ofI-INCE income and expenses, and for increased revenues.<br />
It was emphasized that INCEIUSA supports NNlby covering the annual shortfall for the publication ofNNI so that<br />
income and expenses are in balance. Other income to NNIin addition to the annual subsidy from I-INCE is from advertising<br />
and the USD 10 per delegate at INTER-NOISE Congresses to partially support the promotional material<br />
that is published in NNI for the Congress. The only income to I-INCE at the moment from an INTER-NOISE Congress<br />
is the USD lO/delegate to NNI.<br />
A motion was made that the annual dues for <strong>1999</strong> be set at CHF 300/600/900 for small/medium/large Member Societies<br />
with the proviso that this is a limited-time experiment to be reviewed by the General Assembly in the year 2000in<br />
Nice, France, and that each Member Society be given the opportunity to change its classification during this period by<br />
petition to the General Assembly. An amendment was offered to the motion to include the voting change to 1/2/3 votes<br />
for small/medium/large Member Societies in General Assembly. After discussion, the amended motion passed with<br />
20 affirmative votes, 2 negative votes, and 2 abstentions. It was noted that the experiment until the year 2000 is covered<br />
by the Rules, Part I, which were adopted in Christchurch by the General Assembly (see item 6 above.)<br />
10. Voting Draft on Road Vehicle <strong>Noise</strong>. This publication must be reconsidered because fewer than 30% ofthe Member<br />
Societies returned ballots on this document when the draft was distributed for Member Society voting in 1995.<br />
As a result ofthe mail ballot sent out on 1998.01.05, the mail vote on this issue is 5 for approval, one for disapproval<br />
and one abstention. There was a discussion of the need for updating this draft prior to publication. A roll call was<br />
taken on whether the report should be published with an addendum updating the report. The results were: 29 affirmative,<br />
I negative and no abstentions. Publication of the report was approved unanimously.<br />
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11. Voting Draft on <strong>Noise</strong> Walls. The results of the mail ballot were 7 affirmative votes and no negative votes or abstentions.<br />
In the discussion, the U.S.A. (ASA) requested that references be inserted in the body of the report to<br />
make it as useful as possible. The final vote as a result of the roll call on this agenda item was: 29 affirmative, 0<br />
negative and no abstentions. The draft was approved unanimously, the need to vote on a Voting Draft is eliminated,<br />
and the document will be submitted to the 1-INCE Board for review and a decision on the means of publication<br />
and distribution.<br />
12. Consideration of Proposalsfor Future Technical Work. The following items have been received and will be considered<br />
as new proposals for technical work to be processed according to Article 6, Part 2, of the Rules. The subjects<br />
under consideration are the following:<br />
1. monitoring the effectiveness of noise regulations around the world,<br />
2. reviewing the effectiveness of noise control in the classroom,<br />
3. noise as a global subject; it is not just a local problem, "noise policy as a global and local issue," or "noise as a<br />
non trade barrier issue," (suggested titles),<br />
4. noise policies for recreational activities in outdoor areas, (immission at the receiver, not transmission from indoors<br />
to outdoors),<br />
5. noise labels for consumer and industrial products.<br />
13. Next Meeting. The General Assembly will meet in conjunction with INTER-NOISE 99 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,<br />
USA. The meeting will be held immediately before the Congress on Sunday, <strong>1999</strong> December05, starting at approximately<br />
09.00 hours. Technical sessions of the Congress will start on the following day and conclude on Wednesday,<br />
December 08.<br />
14. Closing. The President thanked those present for their participation in the 24th General Assembly and closed the assemblyat<br />
15.45 hours.<br />
Summary of the 1998 November meetings of the I-INeE Board of Directors<br />
The twenty-fourth meeting ofthe Board was held in Christchurch, New Zealand in conjunction with INTER-NOISE 98.<br />
The application of the Slovenian Acoustical Society for membership was approved, as was the Secretary General's report<br />
which included the 1998 and <strong>1999</strong> budgets. Action on a revision of the Bylaws was finalized; the Bylaws will be sent<br />
to the Member Societies for review before the next General Assembly. The duties of the Vice Presidents for Communications,<br />
for European Affairs, for Technical Initiatives and for <strong>International</strong> Relations were reviewed and approved, as<br />
were the reports of the Vice Presidents on their areas of responsibility. The INTER-NOISE Guidelines were reviewed<br />
and updated. The recent activity within the European Union to develop EU noise policies was reviewed. Reports were<br />
given on the INTER-NOISE series. INTER-NOISE 98 was viewed as a great success with superb organization, an outstanding<br />
venue, and an exceptionally large turn-out for such a distant site. INTER-NOISE 99 will be hosted by<br />
INCEIUSA and held on <strong>1999</strong>-12-06/08 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, to be preceded by ACTIVE 99 at the same location.<br />
INTER-NOISE 2000 will be hosted by SFA and held on 2000-08-28/30 in Nice, France. INTER-NOISE 2001<br />
will be hosted by NAG and held in The Hague, Netherlands on 2001-08-28/30. It was decided to postpone the establishment<br />
of a Congress Selection Committee (CSC) and a CSC Executive Committee until the General Assembly meets in<br />
Fort Lauderdale; the delay will permit the drafting of CSC operating procedures. The draft will be posted on the 1-INCE<br />
web site at least 90 days prior to the congress in Fort Lauderdale. In planning for INTER-NOISE 2002, the Board affirmed<br />
that according to the current rotation schedule the congress will be hosted by one of the Member Societies in<br />
North America.<br />
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Finances<br />
<strong>International</strong> INCE Financial Report for 1998.The 1998financialreportfor <strong>International</strong>lNCEhasbeenreleasedwiththe followingstatement<br />
by the auditor:Wehaveexaminedthe consolidatedbalanceof the <strong>International</strong>Instituteof <strong>Noise</strong>ControlEngineeringfor the periodof<br />
1998,therelatedstatementsofoperationandretainedearnings,andchangesinfinancialpositionforthe yearthenended.Ourexaminationwas<br />
madein accordancewith the generallyacceptedauditingstandards,and, accordingly, includedsuchtestsof the accountingrecords and other<br />
suchauditingproceduresas we considerednecessaryin the circumstances.In our opinion,the aforementioned statementspresentfairly the financialpositionof<br />
the<strong>International</strong>Instituteof<strong>Noise</strong>ControlEngineering,andtheresultsofitsoperationsandchangesinitsfinancialposition<br />
for the yearthenended,in conformitywiththe generallyacceptedaccountingprinciplesappliedon a consistentbasis.Leuven-Heverlee,<strong>1999</strong><br />
January 20, Prof. Gerrit Vermeir, auditor.<br />
Revenues<br />
Belgian Francs (BEF)<br />
Transferof credit balance<br />
1997-12-31<br />
Member Society dues<br />
SustainingMember contributions<br />
InstitutionalMember dues<br />
Subscribersto<br />
<strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
Interest - 1998<br />
(17,899 + 23,520 + 8,569)<br />
Expenses<br />
I-INCE contributionfor publication and<br />
distributionofthe 1997issues of NNI:<br />
300,000BEF + Web site + Namesecure<br />
+InterNic+ bank charges: 9100 BEE<br />
Secretariat<br />
Mailing 1,413<br />
Bank costs 467<br />
1,899,595 Custom entry - NNI 259<br />
281,318 321,239<br />
102,319<br />
16,774<br />
Credit Balance<br />
3,358<br />
Kredietbank, Leuvenon<br />
1998-12-31<br />
BEF 2,032,113<br />
49,988<br />
(2,353,352- 321,239)<br />
State of the Accounts<br />
Current account 16,038<br />
2,353,352 (431-0072711-28)Depositaccount 216,075<br />
(431-0072719-36)Depositaccount 1,800,000<br />
431-0072710-27)<br />
309,100 2,032,113<br />
10,000<br />
Leuven-Heverlee, <strong>1999</strong>-01-20<br />
Prof. Andre Cops, SecretaryGeneral,I-INCE<br />
Member Society Payments - 1990 - 1998<br />
YEAR 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 YEAR 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98<br />
Member Society<br />
Member Society<br />
Australia X X X X X X X Mexico X X<br />
Austria X X X X X X X X Netberlands X X X X X X X X X<br />
Belgium X X X X X X X X X NewZealand X X X X X X X X<br />
Brazil X X X X X X X X Norway X X X X X X X X X<br />
Canada X X X X X X X X X Portugal X<br />
China X X X X X X X X X Poland B B B B B B B B X<br />
CzechRepublic X X X X Romania X X X X<br />
Denmark X X X X X X X X X Russia (EEAA) X X X X<br />
Finland X X X X X X X X X Singapore X X X X X X X X X<br />
France X X X X X X X X X Soutb Africa (Ac. Soc.) X X X X X X X X X<br />
Germany (NALS) X X X X X X X X X Soutb Africa(Vibr.) X X X<br />
Germany (DEGA) X X X X X Spain X X X<br />
Hong Kong X X X X Slovakia X X X<br />
Hungary (Acad) A A A A A A A A X Slovenia<br />
Hungary (OPAKFI) X X X X X X X Sweden X X X X X X X X<br />
Italy X X X X X X X X X Switzerland X X X X X X X X X<br />
Japan(Ac, Soc.) X X X X X X X X X Turkey X<br />
Japan(INCE/J) X X X X X X X X X United Kingdom X X X X X X X X X<br />
Korea (Ac.Soc.) X X X X X X X X X USA(ASA) X X X X X X X X X<br />
Korea (Vibr. Eng.) X X X X X USA(INCE) X X X X X X X X X<br />
Litbuania X X X X X<br />
Notes:<br />
A - payment on a localaccount.<br />
B - payment fromINTER-NOISE 79.<br />
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Initiatives<br />
At INTER-NOISE 91 in Sydney, Australia, the I-INCE Board took the first steps to enlarge the scope of the General<br />
Assembly's activities. In particular, the need for technical initiatives to address noise issues of international interest<br />
was recognized. Such issues usually involve important policy matters, but the focus is on technical details. The following<br />
year at INTER-NOISE 92 in Toronto, Canada, the Board authorized studies on two topics, upper noise limits in<br />
working environments and noise emission of flowing traffic, to be carried out by the General Assembly. At the meeting<br />
ofthe General Assembly in Toronto, seven Member Societies volunteered to participate in the first study, and eight<br />
Member Societies in the second. Guidelines for carrying out the technical work of the Institute were drafted, and, following<br />
several revisions, were adopted by the General Assembly at its meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand, on<br />
1998 November 15. These guidelines are published as I-INCE Rules, Part 2, starting on page 26 of this issue of<br />
<strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong>. To date, the Technical Initiatives Program has produced three reports which are summarized<br />
below. The first is a final report, while the second and third are draft reports whose publication in final form was<br />
authorized by the General Assembly in Christchurch. At the <strong>1999</strong> General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale, USA, new<br />
technical initiatives will be considered and will be reported on subsequently.<br />
I-INeE INITATIVES<br />
I·INCE PUBLICATION 97-1<br />
FINAL REPORT - TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF UPPER LIMITS ONNOISEIN THE WORKPLACE.<br />
Approved by the Board ofDirectors ofI-INCE on 1997.08.23 and published in <strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong>, 5, 203-216,<br />
1997.<br />
ExecutiveSummary<br />
In the 1990s, it has become widely recognized that the economic and social costs of high levels of noise in the workplace<br />
require significant action to reduce the exposure of workers to noise. Such costs include not only the financial compensation<br />
or damages that must be paid, and the reduced enjoyment of everyday life for those with a hearing loss, but also less<br />
quantifiable factors such as reduced productivity, increased stress, disturbed speech communication and risk of accidents<br />
for a large number of workers.<br />
This <strong>International</strong> INCE Technical Assessment is presented in the form of a report that briefly reviews the extensive<br />
scientific and epidemiological evidence relating exposure to noise, including impulsive noise, and risk of hearing damage,<br />
and discusses the factors that are relevant to legislation. The basic features of existing legislation from many jurisdictions<br />
are tabulated. The setting of specific limits on exposure to noise is a political decision, with results that vary<br />
between jurisdictions depending on economic and sociological factors. It is however also important that regulations be<br />
harmonized internationally. The report therefore makes specific recommendations for legislation in the areas of daily exposure<br />
levels normalized to 8 hours, limitation of peak sound pressure levels for short-duration (impulsive) noises, acceptable<br />
sound pressure level changes for longer or shorter daily exposure periods, sound absorption in working areas,<br />
the inclusion of sound output requirements in purchase specifications for new machinery, the use of personal hearing<br />
protection, and audiometric testing.<br />
Specific recommendations are:<br />
1. Itis desirable for jurisdictions without regulations, or with currently higher limits, to set a limit on the level of exposure<br />
over a workshift, A-weighted and normalized to 8 hours, of 85 dB as soon as may be possible given the particular<br />
economic and sociological factors that are pertinent;<br />
2. This exposure level should include the contribution from all sounds that are present including short-term,<br />
high-intensity sounds. Ifsuch sounds are further limited in regulations to a maximum sound pressure level, then regulations<br />
should set a limit of 140 dB for C-weighted peak sound pressure level;<br />
3. An exchange rate of 3 dB per doubling or halving of exposure time should be used. This exchange rate is implicit<br />
when the exposure level is stated in terms of 8-hour-average sound pressure level;<br />
4. Efforts should be made to reduce levels of noise in the workplace to the lowest economically and technologically<br />
reasonable values, even when there may be no risk of long-term damage to hearing. Such action can reduce other<br />
negative effects of noise such as reduced productivity, stress and disturbed speech communication;<br />
5. At the design stage of any new installation, consideration should be given to sound and vibration isolation between<br />
noisier and quieter areas of activity. Rooms normally occupied by people should have a significant amount of acoustical<br />
absorption in order to reduce the spatial distribution of sound;<br />
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6. The purchase specifications for all new and replacement machinery should contain clauses specifying the maximum<br />
emission sound power level and emission sound pressure level at the operator's position when the machinery is operating;<br />
7. A long-term noise control program should be established and implemented at each workplace where the level of the<br />
daily exposure, normalized to 8 hours, exceeds 85 dB. This program should be reassessed periodically in order to exploit<br />
advances in noise-control technology;<br />
8. The use of personal hearing protection, either earplugs or other hearing protection devices, should be encouraged<br />
when engineering and other noise control measures are unable to reduce the daily, normalized-to-8-hours,<br />
A-weighted exposure level of workers to 85 dB. The use of hearing protection devices should be mandatory when<br />
the exposure level is over 90 dB; and<br />
9. All employers should conduct audiometric testing of workers exposed to more than 85 dB at least every three years,<br />
or at shorter intervals depending on current exposure levels and past history of the individual worker. Records of the<br />
results of the audiometric tests should be preserved in the employee's permanent file.<br />
I-INCE PUBLICATION 95-1<br />
DRAFT REPORT- TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THEEFFECT OF REGULATIONS ON ROAD VEHI<br />
CLE NOISE. Draft report published for comments in <strong>Noise</strong>l<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong>, 3,82-113, 1995.<br />
Abstract<br />
The principal objective of this study is to obtain a global view of the effect of vehicle noise regulations on road traffic<br />
noise. The study has included assessments of the development of vehicle noise emission limits over the past 25 years, the<br />
most important noise reduction measures on vehicles, changes in vehicle noise emissions over the past 25 years for various<br />
categories of road vehicles and for various driving conditions, expected effectiveness of the planned lowering of vehicle<br />
noise emission limits, and the reasons why the effectiveness of the regulations has been less than intended. Based<br />
on the findings, recommendations for consideration in future noise emission regulations are given.<br />
I-INCE PUBLICATION 98-1<br />
DRAFT REPORT -<br />
TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NOISE WALLS. Draft report<br />
published for comments in <strong>Noise</strong>l<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong>, 6, 11-35, 1998.<br />
Abstract<br />
The principal objective of this study is to obtain a global view of the effectiveness of noise walls - the outdoor barriers<br />
erected in parallel with highway and rail lines, and in other areas (such as airport runways). The report summarizes the<br />
scientific basis ofnoise barriers, including measures ofbarrier efficiency, the physical phenomena involved (including<br />
effects associated with the propagation and effects associated with the noise wall as well as different barrier shapes), and<br />
the various models used to predict barrier performance. Diffferent barrier materials are briefly described. The measurement<br />
of barrier effectiveness is also discussed. A section discusses the three main application areas where barriers are<br />
used: road traffic noise, railroad noise, and ground-based aircraft operations. Finally, the main conclusions are presented<br />
along with recommended directions for future research.<br />
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Rules and Procedures<br />
RULES OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE<br />
OF<br />
NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING (I-INCE)<br />
Part 1: I-INCE GENERAL ASSEMBLY<br />
Article 1. COMPOSITION<br />
The I-INCE General Assembly shall be composed of:<br />
• representatives of the Member Societies,<br />
• members of the Board of Directors, and<br />
• representatives ofSustaining Members, Institutional Members, Affiliated Organizations, and other organizations in<br />
liaison with I-INCE.<br />
Article 2. MEETINGS<br />
Meetings of the General Assembly shall be held in conjunction with the INTER-NOISE Congresses at the call of the<br />
I-INCE President. The President shall chair the meetings of the General Assembly.<br />
Article 3. MEMBER SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES<br />
In accordance with Article 12.1 ofthe Bylaws, a Member Society shall appoint one ofits individual members to serve as<br />
its representative at meetings ofthe General Assembly. The period ofappointment may be for an extended term or for a<br />
single meeting ofthe General Assembly. The representative assumes the responsibility for informing the Member Society's<br />
officers of actions taken by the General Assembly at meetings attended by the representative. A Member Society<br />
shall notify the 1-INCE Secretariat ofsuch appointment bye-mail, fax or letter before the opening ofeach meeting ofthe<br />
General Assembly.<br />
Article 4. MEMBER SOCIETY ANNUAL PAYMENTS<br />
EachMember Society shall make an annual payment in response to an invoice received from the 1-INCE Secretariat. The<br />
invoice shall state a deadline for payment which shall not be more than six months after the date of the invoice. The<br />
amount of the annual payment shall equal the product ofthe index numberofthe Member Society's category and the unit<br />
annual payment.<br />
Article 5. MEMBER SOCIETY CATEGORIES AND INDEX NUMBERS<br />
A Member Society's category shall be based on the numberofindividual members ofthe Member Society professionally<br />
involved in the engineering control ofnoise and vibration. Categories correspond to a small, medium, or large number of<br />
individual members who are professionally involved in activities related to the Institute's field ofinterest (see Article 2 of<br />
the I-INCE Bylaws). The index numbers for the three categories are 1,2 and 3, corresponding to small, medium and<br />
large. The I-INCE Secretariat shall maintain a list of the index numbers assigned to the Member Societies. A society applying<br />
to become an 1-INCEMemberSociety may select its category, subject to the approval ofthe General Assembly.<br />
A Member Society may submit a petition to the 1-INCE Secretariat to change its category if justified by relevant data.<br />
The petition shall be acted on at the next following meeting of the General Assembly.<br />
Article 6. UNIT ANNUAL PAYMENT<br />
The amount ofthe unit annual payment shall be fixed by formal vote ofthe General Assembly at its meeting in the year<br />
before the year in which payments are to be made. As appropriate, the amount ofthe unit annual payment shall take into<br />
account the average rate of inflation in the countries of the Member Societies.<br />
Article 7. DELINQUENCY IN ANNUAL PAYMENTS<br />
A Member Society shall be considered delinquent if the annual paymentis not received by the 1-INCE Secretariat within<br />
30 days ofthe deadline date specified on the 1-INCE invoice. The Secretary General shall inform the General Assembly<br />
ofany such delinquencies at its annual meeting. The General Assembly shall take appropriate action to remove such de-<br />
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linquencies,includingsuspensionor terminationof the delinquentsociety's membershipin the Institute.Suspensionentailsaremovalofthe<br />
privilegesof votingintheGeneralAssemblyandparticipatinginthe technicalworkof theInstitute.<br />
A Member Society whose annualpayment for the previous year has not been received shall be temporarily suspended<br />
from voting in the General Assembly until the General Assembly takes appropriateaction.<br />
A delinquent Member Society that has been suspended may be reinstated to membership with the approvalof the<br />
General Assemblyfor the calendar year followingresumption of annual payments.<br />
Article 8. VOTING<br />
MemberSocietieshaveanobligation to voteonissuesthatarebroughtto theGeneralAssembly. Theappointed representativeof<br />
aMemberSocietyshallhavetheopportunity to participate in theoraldiscussion ofissuesconsidered ata meetingof<br />
theGeneralAssembly. The numberof votesthata representative of a MemberSocietymaycaston anyissuebeingconsidered<br />
by the GeneralAssemblyshall be equal to, or less than, the indexnumberof the MemberSociety's category.<br />
Tolimit the numberof votesfrom a singlecountry,the numberof MemberSocietiesin anyone country shallbe limited<br />
to two, in which case the maximum possiblenumber of votes from any country is six. A voting paper may be preparedfor<br />
an issue to be consideredat a meetingof the GeneralAssembly. On substantiveissues,the 1-INCE Secretariat<br />
shall send voting papers by mail to the officialmailing addresses of the Member Societies at least three months in advance<br />
of a meeting of the General Assembly. Ifa voting paper is returned by mail, fax, or electronically, it should be<br />
signedeither by an officerof the MemberSocietyor by the MemberSociety's designatedrepresentative. Ifa votingpaper<br />
is not returnedin advanceof a meetingof the GeneralAssembly, the MemberSociety's representative may cast the<br />
MemberSociety's vote(s)duringthe meetingof theGeneralAssembly. Reasonsfor a negativevoteshallbe indicatedon<br />
the voting paper or stated by the representative at the meeting of the General Assembly.<br />
Approvalof an issue by the General Assemblyshall be by a simplemajorityor by a two-thirdsmajorityof the votes<br />
cast,dependinguponthe matterat hand.Approvalofa changein the unitannualpaymentandamendmentsto the Bylaws<br />
andRulesof theInstituterequirean affirmative voteofatleasttwo-thirdsofall votescast,withabstentionsnotcounted.<br />
Voting proceduresfor the I-INCE technicalwork are givenin Part 2 of these Rules. All other actionsby the General<br />
Assemblyrequire a simple majority of the votes cast for approval,with abstentionsnot counted.<br />
NOTE: Part I ofthe I-INCERuleswasapprovedby theGeneralAssemblyat its meetingin Christchurch,NewZealand,<br />
on 1998 November 15.<br />
RULES OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE<br />
OF<br />
NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING (I-INCE)<br />
Part 2: I-INCE TECHNICAL WORK<br />
Article 1. OBJECTIVES<br />
Tofulfill the Institute's objectiveof promotinginternationalcooperationin the engineeringcontrol of noise and vibration,<br />
the Institute may undertaketechnicalworkto foster the exchangeof technicalinformation. Toaccomplishthis, the<br />
GeneralAssemblyconductsstudiesof technicalissues relatedto the Institute's field of interest,developsposition statementson<br />
these issues,cooperates with the major scientificand professionalorganizations in the field, and disseminates<br />
independentadviceto policy makersas wellas leadersin industryandgovernmentthrougha series of initiativeson specifictopicswithinthefieldofinterest.Theseinitiativesinvolvetheappointmentof<br />
technicalstudygroupsand taskingthe<br />
expertscomprisingthese groups to preparedraftreportsby consensusfor reviewwithinthe Institute.The draftsare subsequentlysubjected<br />
to internationalreviewto ensure their quality and integritybefore final release. This informationis<br />
made availablefor publicdissemination. The studiesundertakenas part of the Institute's initiativesprogramare focused<br />
on noise issues of internationalinterest.Whilethese issuesusuallyinvolveimportantpolicy matters,they all havea significanttechnologicalcontent.<br />
Where there are gaps in awarenessand interest,the Instituteexploresthe issue that will<br />
shape the future. Of particularimportanceis the identificationand definitionof the emergingtechnicalareas withinthe<br />
Institute's field of interest.The Institute's initiativesproducereportsthat are valuableresourcesto policymakers.These<br />
initiativesmayinvolveworkshops,symposia,forums,andotherinformation-gathering mechanismsto focuson the subject<br />
matter under investigation.<br />
ThisPart2 of theInstitute's Rules defines theprocedures forcarrying outthetechnical workon a topic within theInstitute's<br />
field of interest which mayresultin a document thatcan be published anddistributed.<br />
All documents published by the Institute are in the English language.<br />
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Article 2. RESULTS OF I-INCE TECHNICAL WORK<br />
I-INCE technical work may result in the preparation of documents in a variety of formats, such as:<br />
• studies;<br />
• strategies;<br />
• policy statements;<br />
• technical (state-of-the-art) assessments;<br />
• reports; and<br />
• bulletins.<br />
Other non-periodical documents may be published by the Institute, as appropriate.<br />
The Institute does not develop standards. <strong>International</strong> standards in acoustics, noise, and vibration are developed and<br />
published by the <strong>International</strong> Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the <strong>International</strong> Electrotechnical Commission<br />
(lEC).<br />
Article 3. SUBJECTS FOR I-INCE TECHNICAL WORK<br />
Appropriate subjects for I-INCE technical work include the following:<br />
• long-range policy goals for engineering control of noise and vibration;<br />
• initiatives that describe practical means for achieving the policy goals;<br />
• assessment of on-going research related to control of noise and vibration;<br />
• results of completed research;<br />
• identification of areas where further research or information is needed for practical means to control noise and vibration;<br />
and<br />
• identification of new technology areas within the Institute's field of interest.<br />
Article 4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY<br />
The General Assembly is responsible for carrying out the technical work of the Institute. In discharging this responsibity,<br />
the General Assembly does the following.<br />
1. Advises the Board of Directors on the establishment (and dissolution) of technical study groups to provide advice on<br />
potential technical work that should be undertaken by the Institute. (The groups shall be composed of technical experts<br />
in fields relevant to the Institute's field of interest.)<br />
2. Informs the Board of Directors on the organization, coordination, and planning of the Institute's technical work.<br />
3. Determines the maximum number of experts which may be appointed by a Member Society to serve on a technical<br />
study group.<br />
4. Confirms the appointment of Conveners of I-INCE technical study groups.<br />
5. Approves the title, scope, and work program of each technical study group.<br />
6. Sets priorities and schedules for the completion of I-INCE technical work.<br />
7. Monitors the progress of all technical work and takes appropriate action if there are significant delays in the completion<br />
of scheduled milestones.<br />
8. Approves, for publication, a document prepared by an I-INCE technical study group.<br />
9. Advises the Board of Directors on an appropriate method of publishing and distributing the approved documents.<br />
Article 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF I-INCE TECHNICAL STUDY GROUPS<br />
Technical study groups shall be established and dissolved by the Board of Directors on the recommendation ofthe General<br />
Assembly. A technical study group is disbanded upon completion of its assigned tasks.<br />
Article 6. PROPOSALS FOR NEW TECHNICAL WORK<br />
A proposal for new technical work may be submitted by a Member Society, a member of the Board of Directors, or an organization<br />
that is in liaison with the Institute. A proposal for new technical work shall be submitted to the Secretariat. All<br />
proposals shall be written in the English language.<br />
Each proposal shall contain the following information:<br />
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1. The name of the proposer.<br />
2. The proposed title for the technical study group.<br />
3. The proposed scope of the work.<br />
4. The propcsed program of work.<br />
5. A proposed schedule for completion of milestones.<br />
6. Technical justification for the proposed work.<br />
7. An indication of the priority of the proposed work and the resources needed to complete the task.<br />
8. A statement indicating willingness to supply a Convener, or at least an expert member, for the technical study group,<br />
if approved.<br />
9. If available, a draft of a document that could be used as the initial working draft by the technical study group.<br />
10. Ifapplicable, identification of surveys of similar efforts undertaken by other organizations and a summary of relevant<br />
results.<br />
11. Identification of any liaisons deemed necessary or desirable with other organizations in order to complete the proposed<br />
work.<br />
Article 7. APPROVAL OF A PROPOSAL FOR NEW TECHNICAL WORK<br />
The Secretariat shall circulate a proposal for new technical work to the Member Societies for approval, and to the Board<br />
of Directors for information. Approval may be obtained by formal vote at a meeting of the General Assembly, or by votingpaper<br />
(returned bye-mail, fax, or postal service), or a combination of the two (see Rules, Part 1, Article 8). The deadline<br />
for receipt of a voting paper shall be not more than six months after the date of circulation. If circulated, a voting<br />
paper on the new technical work shall contain a space for the responding Member Society to identify one of its expert<br />
members who is willing to serve as a member of the new technical study group, if the proposal is accepted. A Member<br />
Society may vote against the proposed new technical work, but still be willing to supply an expert member.<br />
The proposal is accepted if 15 percent, or more, of all the Member Societies entitled to vote approve the proposaL The<br />
proposal fails if fewer than 15 percent of the Member Societies vote for approvaL Negative votes shall be accompanied<br />
by reasons for disapprovaL<br />
Work on a proposal approved by voting paper may commence after the deadline for the receipt of voting papers. All<br />
proposals that have failed to gain approval, or for which an insufficient number of technical experts have been nominated<br />
by the Member Societies, shall be reviewed by the General Assembly. A voting paper shall explicitly allow for submission<br />
ofcomments on any aspect ofthe proposed technical work. The comments shall be considered when the technical<br />
study group is established after the proposal is approved.<br />
Article 8. FORMATION OF A TECHNICAL STUDY GROUP<br />
When a proposal for new technical work is approved, the Secretariat shall circulate a notice to the Member Societies, or<br />
directly inform the General Assembly, with the results of the voting, the tentative scope of the work, and the names of the<br />
individual experts nominated to serve on the technical study group. The notice shall request the nomination ofadditional<br />
experts by the Member Societies to serve on the technical study group. Nominations of technical experts (including<br />
name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone and fax) shall be returned to the Secretariat within four months of the<br />
date of the notice. E-mail addresses are required of all persons serving on technical study groups. Ifan insufficient number<br />
of experts is proposed by the Member Societies, the General Assembly may decide not to establish a technical study<br />
group. For most 1-INCE technical work, a Member Society should nominate no more than one expert to be a member of<br />
the technical study group.<br />
At the next following meeting of the General Assembly, the composition of the technical study group from the experts<br />
nominated by the Member Societies is confirmed. The Board of Directors appoints a Convener for the technical study group.<br />
The appointment of the Convener is confirmed by formal vote of the General Assembly. An individual appointed to<br />
serve on a technical study group shall act in a personal capacity and not as an official representative of a Member Society.<br />
Article 9. RESPONSIBILITIES OF A TECHNICAL STUDY GROUP CONVENER<br />
Once established, management of an 1-INCE technical study group is the responsibility of the Convener who is expected<br />
to perform the following tasks.<br />
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• Manage the development of the technical work and the preparation of the document for publication.<br />
• Organize and chair meetings of the technical study group; the Convener may invite a member of the group to act as<br />
secretary.<br />
• At meetings, ensure that all points ofview are adequately summarized so that they are understood by all present; national<br />
and regional interests shall be subordinate to international interests.<br />
• Conduct meetings with a view to reaching consensus within the technical study group on issues and drafts.<br />
• Submit drafts and otherinformation to the Secretariat in accordance with the agreed schedule oftechnical study group<br />
activities.<br />
• Inform the 1-INCE Vice President responsible for technical initiatives about progress or delays, and ofany significant<br />
problem(s) affecting progress.<br />
• Report on the progress of the technical study committee at each meeting of the General Assembly.<br />
• Follow through the development of the document until it is ready for publication.<br />
• Include the Secretariat and the Vice President responsible for technical initiatives in the circulation of meeting notices<br />
and agenda to the technical study group.<br />
As much ofthe business of the technical study group as possible is to be conducted bye-mail, with the number ofmeetings<br />
of the committee held to a practical minimum. Meetings of the technical study group should only be called when<br />
there is a significant amount ofmaterial to be discussed. Ifa Convener is unable to carry out the above duties, a replacement<br />
shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and approved by the General Assembly.<br />
Article 10. INITIAL MEETING OF A TECHNICAL STUDY GROUP<br />
The technical study group should begin its work as soon as possible after the proposed initiative is approved by the General<br />
Assembly. The immediate objectives of the technical study group as it begins its work are the following:<br />
• Confirm the title of the technical study group.<br />
• Obtain agreement on what is to be included within the scope ofthe project and what is to be excluded; a precise wording<br />
of the scope is required.<br />
• Obtain agreement on the tentative title of the document that will result from the work ofthe technical study group.<br />
• Structure the work that is to be accomplished.<br />
• Discuss possible interactions with other I-INCE techncal study groups.<br />
• Develop a plan of action with a tentative, but realistic, estimate of the time schedule for completion of major milestones.<br />
• Include a summary of the above items in the Convener's report to the General Assembly.<br />
Article 11. SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS OF A TECHNICAL STUDY GROUP<br />
To minimize travel expenses for members of a technical study group, it is recommended that committee meetings be<br />
scheduled to occur immediately before, during, or after INTER-NOISE Congresses. Between meetings, as much business<br />
as possible should be accomplished bye-mail, with fax and regular mail used as back-up. Ifan expert member of a<br />
technical study group is not active and fails to attend two successive meetings or does not respond to e-mail messages, the<br />
Convener should so inform the I-INCE Secretariat. The Secretariat shall ask the Member Society to confirm that the person<br />
is still a member of the technical study group and, if not, shall be requested to find a replacement.<br />
Expenses incurred in conjunction with a meeting of a technical study group are not reimbursable by the Institute. The<br />
facilities available at INTER-NOISE Congresses are to be utilized to the maximum extent possible.<br />
Article 12. DEVELOPMENT OF AN I-INCE DOCUMENT<br />
The number ofmeetings of a technical study group should be kept to a minimum. Drafts and other information shall be<br />
circulated by correspondence, preferably using e-mail, with fax and regular mail as back-up. Development ofan I-INCE<br />
document proceeds through three stages: Working Draft, Comment Draft, and Voting Draft.<br />
Article 13. WORKING DRAFTS<br />
Working Drafts are prepared and circulated by the Convener within the technical study group. The text of an I-INCE document<br />
shouldbe useful to a reader who is not an expert in noise and vibration. 1-INCE documents are not intended to be either<br />
scientific papers or standards, but are intended to provide practical information related to the objectives of the Institute.<br />
Working Drafts shall be prepared by the Convener with a widely-used word-processing program.<br />
The circulation continues within the technical study group until there is consensus that the document is ready for distribution<br />
as a Comment Draft for review by the Member Societies.<br />
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A document prepared by another organization may be utilized as a Working Draft by the technical study group provided<br />
the following conditions are met.<br />
1. The document is recognized by the Board of Directors and the members ofthe technical study committee as one that<br />
would have wide acceptance and authoritative status.<br />
2. The Convener of the technical study group has obtained the written permission of the authors or publishers (where<br />
known) ofthe document to its eventual publication as an I-INCE document. A copy ofthe written agreement shall be<br />
provided to the I-INCE Secretariat.<br />
Article 14. COMMENT DRAFTS<br />
Comment Drafts are circulated by the I-INCE Secretariat to the Member Societies with a deadline for return of comments<br />
not less than six months after the circulation date. The Secretariat shall assign a unique reference number to each<br />
CommentDraft. A Comment Draftshall be circulated with a form asking ifthe Member Society considers the Comment<br />
Draft to be ready for circulation as a Voting Draft. The Convener of the technical study committee shall compile all the<br />
general and editorial comments received from the circulation of the Comment Draft, and circulate the compilation to the<br />
members of the technical study group. The group shall consider all comments received and then prepare a new Comment<br />
Draft or a Voting Draft, as determined by the recommendations of the Member Societies. The comments may be discussed<br />
at a meeting of the technical study group, or preferably by correspondence using electronic document exchange.<br />
It may be necessary to prepare more than one version of the Comment Draft before the document is considered by the<br />
Member Societies to be ready for voting.<br />
Article 15. VOTING DRAFTS<br />
A Voting Draft shall be prepared by the technical study group when at least 50 percent of the Member Societies submitting<br />
responses with or without comments agree that the Comment Draft is ready for voting.<br />
The Voting Draft shall be prepared as a final draft and submitted by the Convener to the Secretariat in electronic and<br />
hard copy form, along with electronic versions of any drawings.<br />
Article 16. VOTING PROCEDURES<br />
A Voting Draft shall be circulated by the Secretariat to the Member Societies with a formal voting paper. A vote on the<br />
question of approval to proceed with publication may be positive, negative with accompanying technical reasons for the<br />
negative vote, or abstention. Positive votes conditioned on the acceptance of substantive modifications to the text of the<br />
Voting Draft, as well as negative votes submitted without substantiating technical reasons, are invalid.<br />
The time limit for return of a voting paper on a Voting Draft shall be six months or more from the circulation date. The<br />
Secretariat shall assign a unique reference number to each Voting Draft.<br />
A Voting Draft is approved for publication if a two-thirds majority of the valid votes cast by the Member Societies is<br />
positive. Valid votes shall be received from at least 30 percent of the Member Societies.<br />
Abstentions as well as ballots not returned shall not be counted in the tally of the votes cast.<br />
Ifthe Voting Draftis approved for publication by the Member Societies, the technical and editorial comments submitted<br />
with the votes (both positive and negative) shall be considered by the technical study group or by an ad hoc team, at<br />
the option of the General Assembly. The ad hoc team shall be appointed by the General Assembly.<br />
Ifless than 30 percent of the Member Societies submit countable votes on the Voting Draft, the General Assembly<br />
shall be requested by the Secretariat to decide, by simple majority vote, whether the document shall be approved for publication,<br />
revised and re-balloted, or abandoned. Ifthe decision is to revise, the revision may be undertaken by the original<br />
technical study group or by an ad hoc team appointed by the General Assembly. The revision shall take the technical<br />
comments on the Voting Draft, if any, into consideration, and shall then be circulated as a new Voting Draft.<br />
Article 17. EXPEDITED PROCEDURE<br />
If, as a result of a circulation of a Comment Draft as described in Article 14, a very favorable response is received, an expedited<br />
procedure may be followed.<br />
This requires that more than 30 percent of the Member Societies in good standing submit responses to the circulation,<br />
and at least 75 percent of those responding consider the draft to be ready for circulation as a Voting Draft.<br />
In the expedited procedure, a decision to publish the Comment Draft, with appropriate technical and editorial<br />
changes, may be brought to a formal vote at a meeting of the General Assembly. The General Assembly shall decide, by<br />
simple majority vote, whether the document shall be approved for immediate publication, eliminating the need for voting<br />
on a Voting Draft.<br />
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Ifthe Comment Draft is approved for publication, it becomes the Voting Draft. The technical and editorial comments<br />
submitted by the Member Societies shall be considered by the technical study group that prepared the Comment Draft or<br />
by an ad hoc team, at the option of the General Assembly. The ad hoc team shall be appointed by the General Assembly.<br />
The final draft shall be submitted to the Secretariat in electronic and hard copy form, along with electronic versions of<br />
any drawings.<br />
Article 18. REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
After approval by the General Assembly to publish a document, the Board of Directors shall review the document and decide<br />
on the means of publication and distribution. If there are unresolved negative votes, the Board shall give a dissenting<br />
Member Society the opportunity to present the reasons for its negative vote as an addendum to the final publication.<br />
I-INCE publications related to issues of public policy may be distributed to public officials in various countries at no<br />
charge. Distribution is accomplished by the I-INCE Secretariat. All I-INCE publications shall include a "hold harmless"<br />
clause to relieve the Institute or an I-INCE Member Society of legal responsibility for the contents.<br />
I-INCE publications may be sold by the Secretariat at a price to be determined by the Board of Directors. Availability<br />
of I-INCE publications shall be advertised through appropriate media. I-INCE publications may be distributed at<br />
INTER-NOISE Congresses and at other appropriate conferences.<br />
Article 19. I-INCE PUBLICATION NUMBERS<br />
Before publication, the final version of an 1-INCE document shall be assigned a reference number by the Secretariat. The<br />
reference number consists of the calendar year in which the document was approved for publication by the General Assembly,<br />
followed by a hyphen and an arabic number assigned sequentially for that year; for example, "I-INCE Publication<br />
2001-3."<br />
NOTE: Part 2 ofthe I-INCE Rules was approved by the General Assembly at its meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand,<br />
on 1998 November 15.<br />
Publications<br />
The I-INCE Home Page<br />
The <strong>International</strong> Institute of <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering maintains a home page on the Internet at http://i-ince.org.This<br />
article is the main item on the home page, and has been edited to include convenient navagation links. <strong>News</strong> of upcoming<br />
congresses sponsored by I-INCE are also included - as is a world conference calendar. The page also includes links to<br />
the home pages of many of the Member Societies of I-INCE, and links from the I-INCE directory to Member Society<br />
Profiles that have appeared in <strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong>. The page also includes links to many other organizations involved<br />
in acoustics and noise control engineering.<br />
The INTER-NOISE Series of <strong>International</strong> Congresses on <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering<br />
The INTER-NOISE Series of <strong>International</strong> Conferences on <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering began in the United States in<br />
1972. Since 1972, the conferences have been held each year either in the United States or overseas. The Proceedings of<br />
these conferences have proved to be a valuable source of information on world-wide noise control technology. The Proceedings<br />
of most of these conferences are available for immediate shipment. Those Proceedings which have been published<br />
in two (or three) volumes are available only as a set of two (or three) volumes.<br />
INTER·NOISE 98. Held in Christchurch, New Zealand on 1998 November 16-18. Proceedings edited by V.C.<br />
Goodwin and D.C. Stevenson. Vol. 1,xxxiii+p. 1-578; Vol. 2, xxxiii+p. 597-1210; Vol. 3, xxxiii+p. 1219-1738. ISBN<br />
0-473-05439-6 (set of three volumes).<br />
INTER·NOISE 97. Held in Budapest, Hungary on 1997 August 25-27. Proceedings edited by Fulop Augusztinovicz. Vol.<br />
l,xxxii+pp 1-592, Vol.2,xxx+pp593-1174, Vol.3,xxx+pp 1175-1744,ISBN963 8241620(Setofthreevolumes)<br />
INTER-NOISE 96. Held in Liverpool, United Kingdom on 1996 July 30- August 02. Proceedings edited by F.Allison<br />
Hill and Roy Lawrence. Book 1, pp 1-544, Book 2, pp 545-1050, Book 3, pp 1051-1648, Book 4, pp 1649-2188,<br />
Book 5, pp 2189-2780, Book 6, pp 2781-3362. ISBN 1 873082916 (Set of six volumes).<br />
INTER-NOISE 95. Held in Newport Beach, California, USA on 1995 July 10-12. Proceedings edited by Robert J.<br />
Bernhard and 1. Stuart Bolton. 324 papers. Vol. 1, xxxii + 716 technical pages, Vol. 2, xxiv + 734 technical pages.<br />
ISBN 0-931784-32-8 (set of two volumes).<br />
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INTER-NOISE 94. Held in Yokohama, Japan on 1994 August 29-31. Proceedings edited by Sonoko Kuwano. 488 papers.<br />
Vol 1, xlvi + 716 technical pages, Vol 2, xxiv + 706 technical pages, Vol. 3, xxiv + 718 technical pages. ISBN<br />
9900282-4-4 (set of three volumes).<br />
INTER-NOISE 93. Held in Leuven, Belgium on 1993 August 24-26. Proceedings edited by Pierre Chapelle and Gerrit<br />
Vernier.404 papers. Vol. 1, xl +632 technical pages, Vol.2, xl +622 technical pages, Vol.3, xl +642 technical pages.<br />
ISBN 90-5204-024-9 (set of three volumes).<br />
INTER·NOISE 92. Held in Toronto, Canada on 1992 July 20-22. Proceedings edited by Gilles A. Daigle and Michael<br />
R. Stinson. 270 papers; Vol. 1xxxii +636 technical pages, Vol. 2 xxxii +628 technical pages. ISBN 0 931784-25-5<br />
(set of two volumes).<br />
INTER-NOISE 91. Held in Sydney, Australia on 1991 December 2-4. Proceedings edited by Anita Lawrence. 311 papers;<br />
Vol. 1,xviii +746 technical pages, Vol.2, xvi +543 technical pages. ISBN 0-909882 126(set of two volumes).<br />
INTER-NOISE 90. Held in Gothenburg, Sweden on 1990 August 13-15. Proceedings edited by Hans Jonassen. 331 papers;<br />
Vol. 1, xxii + 710 technical pages, Vol. 2, xxii + 734 technical pages. ISBN: 91-7848-224-0 (set of two volumes).<br />
ISSN 0105-175X.<br />
INTER-NOISE 89. Held in Newport Beach, California on 1989 December 4-6. Proceedings edited by George C.<br />
Maling, Jr. 263 papers; Vol. 1, xl + 700 technical pages, Vol. 2, xl + 612 technical pages. ISBN: 0-931784- 20-4 (set<br />
of two volumes). ISSN: 0105-175X.<br />
INTER-NOISE 88. Held in Avignon, France on 1988 30 August-I September. Proceedings edited by Michael<br />
Bockhoff. 396 papers; Vol. 1,xxi +598 technical pages, Vol. 2, xxi +568 technical pages, Vol. 3, xxi +572 technical<br />
pages. ISSN: 0105-175X. Set of three volumes.<br />
INTER-NOISE 87. Held in Beijing, China on 1987 September 15-17. Proceedings edited by Li Pei-zi. 412 papers; Vol.<br />
1, xxxvi + 878 technical pages, Vol. 2, xxxvi + 806 technical pages. Set of two volumes.<br />
INTER-NOISE 86. Held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA on 1986 July 21-23. Proceedings edited by Robert Lotz.<br />
271 papers; Vol. 1, xxxv + 796 pp., Vol. 2, xxxv + 676 pp. ISBN: 0-931784-15-8 (set of two volumes). ISSN:<br />
0105-175X.<br />
INTER·NOISE 85. Held in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany on 1985 September 18-20. Bundesanstalt fur<br />
Arbeitsschutz, Ed. 351 papers; Vol 1, viii + 740 pp., Vol 2, viii + 760 pp. Set of two volumes.<br />
INTER-NOISE 84. Held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on 1984 December 3-5. Proceedings edited by George C. Maling,<br />
Jr. 299 papers; Vol 1, xxxviii + 748 pp., Vol 2, xxxvii + 678 pp. ISBN: 0-931784-11-5 (set of two volumes). ISSN:<br />
0105-175X<br />
INTER-NOISE 83. Held in Edinburgh, Scotland on 1983 July 13-15. Proceedings edited by R. Lawrence. 294 papers;<br />
Vol. 1, Iii + 552 pp., Vol 2, xliii + 690 pp. ISBN 0-946731-00-4 (set of two volumes).<br />
INTER-NOISE 82. Held in San Francisco, California, USA on 1982 May 17-19. Proceedings edited by J.G. Seebold.<br />
198 papers; Vol. 1, xxxiv + 358 pp., Vol 2, xxxiv + 506 pp. ISBN: 0-931784-07-7 (set of two volumes).<br />
INTER-NOISE 81. Held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 1981 October 6-8. Proceedings edited by A. DeBruijn.<br />
248 papers: Vol. 1, xxxiv + 592 pp., Vol II, xxxiv + 550 pp. ISBN: 90-9000-222-7 (set of two volumes).<br />
INTER-NOISE80. Held in Miami, Florida, USA on 1980 December 8-10. Proceedings edited by George C. Maling, Jr.<br />
253 papers; Vol. 1, xxxvi + 556 pp., Vol. 2., xxxvi + 638 pp. Library of Congress Catalog <strong>Number</strong>: 72-91606, ISBN:<br />
0-931784-03-4 (set of two volumes).<br />
INTER-NOISE 79. Held in Warsaw, Poland on 1979 September 11-13. Proceedings edited by Stefan Czarnecki. 182<br />
papers; Vol. 1, xxiii + 474 pp., Vol. 2, xxiii + 470 pp. ISSN: 0105-175X. Set of two volumes.<br />
INTER·NOISE 78. Held in San Francisco, California, USA on 1978 May 8-10. Proceedings edited by William W.<br />
Lang. 166 papers, xxx + 1058 pp. Library of Congress Catalog <strong>Number</strong>: 78-55436, ISBN: 0-931784-00-X, ISSN:<br />
0105-175X.<br />
INTER-NOISE 77. Held in Zurich, Switzerland on 1977 <strong>March</strong> 1-3. Proceedings edited by Eric J.Rathe. 138 papers,<br />
xxiv + 986 pp.<br />
INTER-NOISE 76. Held in Washington, DC, USA on 1976 April 5-7. Proceedings edited by R.Kerlin. 129 papers, xxxi<br />
+ 529 pp. Library of Congress Catalog <strong>Number</strong>: 762229.<br />
INTER-NOISE 75. Held in Sendai, Japan on 1975 August 27-29. Proceedings edited by Ken' iti Kido. 147 papers, xxvi<br />
+ 760 pp.<br />
INTER-NOISE 74. Held in Washington, DC, USA on 1974 September 30-0ctober 02. Proceedings edited by John C.<br />
Snowdon. 140 papers, xxxi + 660 pp. Library of Congress Catalog <strong>Number</strong>: 72-91606.<br />
INTER·NOISE 73. Held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1973 August 22-24. Proceedings edited by O. J. Petersen. 96 papers,<br />
xviii + 634 pp.<br />
INTER-NOISE 72. Held in Washington, DC, USA on 1972 October 4-6. Proceedings edited by Malcolm J. Crocker. 92<br />
papers, xv + 565 pages. Library of Congress Catalog <strong>Number</strong>: 72-91606.<br />
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<strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong> wasfirst publishedin 1993<strong>March</strong>.It wasan outgrowthof <strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong>, publishedby the Institute<br />
of <strong>Noise</strong>ControlEngineeringof the USAbeginningin 1972and the <strong>International</strong>INCE <strong>News</strong>letter- first published<br />
by the <strong>International</strong>Instituteof <strong>Noise</strong>ControlEngineeringin 1974.<strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong> is distributedto the members<br />
and associates ofINCEIUSA and the Member Societies ofI-INCE. Each issue contains an Editors View, a President's<br />
Column, aMember Society Profile, oneor morefeaturearticles,newsfrom aroundthe world,a meetingscalendar,<br />
product news, standards news, and other informationof interest to the noise control community.<br />
A six-yearindex of the material published in <strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong> is reproducedbelow.<br />
Six-Year Index to <strong>Noise</strong>l<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong>-1993-1998<br />
Asia-Pacific <strong>News</strong><br />
Asia: Asian consumers make quiet demands, 4: 103<br />
Australia & New Zealand: Cooperating in standards, 1: 39<br />
Australia: A new noise situation at the Sydney airport, 4: 48<br />
Australia: Acoustics Australia publishes special issue on fault<br />
detection, 3: 132<br />
Australia:Acoustics and vibrationsoftware wins engineeringaward,6: 104<br />
Australia: Aircraft noise is still a major political issue in Sydney, 4: 48<br />
Australia: Articles on acoustics in Acoustics Australia, 3: 186<br />
Australia: Arup Acoustics opens its Sydney office, 2: 199<br />
Austra1ia: Australian Acoustical Society holds its annual conference, 3: 64<br />
Australia: Australian acoustics congress, 4: 172<br />
Australia: Draft airport noise document is released, 2: 199<br />
Australia: EPA environmental noise standard is available, 3: 132<br />
Australia: <strong>International</strong> conference on underwater acoustics, 3: 64<br />
Australia: Literature review - impact noise reduction 4: 172<br />
Australia: New Australian research facility, 2: 116<br />
Australia: <strong>Noise</strong> Effects '98, 6: 104<br />
Australia: <strong>Noise</strong> Effects '98 is set for Sydney in November, 6: 43<br />
Australia: <strong>Noise</strong> Effects '98 to follow New Zealand Meetings, 5: 169<br />
Australia: <strong>Noise</strong> Effects '98, 6: 168<br />
Australia: <strong>Noise</strong> From Sydney Airport hits the headlines, 3: 64<br />
Australia: <strong>Noise</strong> as a Public Health Problem Congress, 4: 48<br />
Australia: Progress is made on ASHRAE contract, 1: 161<br />
Australia: Road traffic noise document is open for public comment, 2: 199<br />
Australia: University of NSW to sponsor metal cutting noise<br />
scholarship, 3: 132<br />
Australia: VIPAC investigates low frequency noise for ASHRAE, 3: 248<br />
Australia: Vibro-Acoustic Sciences Introduces Software, 2: 50<br />
China: ICA meets in Beijing, 1: 95<br />
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics is formed, 2: 199<br />
Hong Kong: WESTPRAC set for Hong Kong in 1997 November, 5: 169<br />
Hong Kong: WESTPRAC to be held in Hong Kong, 5: 49<br />
India: <strong>Noise</strong> levels in a tiger preserve, 6: 104<br />
India: Symposium announced, 1: 161<br />
Japan/Australia: Joint venture company involved in diesel engine<br />
noise, 4: 103<br />
Japan: ASJ executive committee to sponsor meetings, 1: 161<br />
Japan: Abstract ofINTER-NOISE 94 keynote address, 2: 116<br />
Japan: INCE/Japan celebrates its 25th anniversary, 4: 48<br />
Japan: INTER-NOISE 94 exhibition, 2: 117<br />
Japan: INTER-NOISE 94 to be held in Yokohama, 1: 39<br />
Japan: New environmental quality standard, 6:<br />
Japan: New officers of INCE/Japan, 6: 168<br />
Japan: Susumu Oosawa Addresses INTER-NOISE 94 Delegates, 2: 254<br />
Japan: Toshio Sone Addresses INTER-NOISE 94 Chairs, 2: 254<br />
Japan: Travel planning for INTER-NOISE 94,1: 221<br />
Korea: Seoul to be host city for WESTPRAC V, 1: 95<br />
Korea: Westprac V to Precede INTER-NOISE 94,2: 50<br />
New Zealand to host INTER-NOISE 98, 4: 172<br />
New Zealand: Brief report on INTER-NOISE 98, 6:<br />
New Zealand: INTER-NOISE 98 exhibition information, 5: 233<br />
New Zealand: INTER-NOISE 98 home page is established 5: 49<br />
New Zealand: INTER-NOISE 98 is set for Christchurch, 6: 43<br />
New Zealand: New Zealand vacation planner is available, 4: 103<br />
New Zealand: Reply coupon for INTER-NOISE 98, 5: 113<br />
New Zealand: Symposium on recreational noise, 4: 218<br />
New Zealand: The 1998 <strong>International</strong> Symposium on Recreational<br />
<strong>Noise</strong>, 6: 43<br />
Singapore: Annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of Singapore, 5: 233<br />
Singapore: Annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of Singapore, 4: 103<br />
Singapore: Seeking collaboration, 1: 162<br />
Books<br />
AlP Handbook of Condenser Microphones, 3: 52<br />
Acoustic and Elastic Wave Scattering Using Boundary Elements, Silva,<br />
2: 253<br />
Acousticsand<strong>Noise</strong>ControlHandbookfor Architects andEngineers,6: 169<br />
Acoustics: Architecture * Engineering * The Environment, 6: 169<br />
Active Control of <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration, 5: 112<br />
Active Control of Vibration, 5: 45<br />
Active Sound Absorption, Mazzola, 1: 233<br />
Advanced Signal Processing and Digital <strong>Noise</strong> Reduction, 4: 230<br />
Communication & Job Performance in <strong>Noise</strong>, Suter, 1: 167<br />
Community <strong>Noise</strong>, 4: 50<br />
Computational Acoustics and its Environmental Applications, 6: 216<br />
Elsevier's Dictionary of <strong>Noise</strong> & <strong>Noise</strong> Control, Serre, 1: 42<br />
Encyclopedia of Acoustics, 5: 162<br />
Encyclopedia of Applied Physics, George L. Trigg, Editor, 3: 52<br />
Engineering <strong>Noise</strong> Control, 4: 230<br />
Environmental Engineering and Sanitation, Salvanto, 1: 167<br />
Environmental Management Handbook, Ryding, 1: 233<br />
Handbook of Acoustics, 6: 216<br />
Handbook of Environmental Acoustics, Cowan, 2: 121<br />
Handbook of Radiation and Scattering of Waves, 5: 45<br />
Industrial Intelligent Control, 5: 112<br />
Industrial <strong>Noise</strong> Control, Bell and Bell" 2: 121<br />
Marine Mammals and <strong>Noise</strong>, 4: 230<br />
Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers, 5: 45<br />
Medical-Legal Evaluation of Hearing Loss, Dobie, 2: 121<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> & Vibration Control Engineering, Beranek & Ver, 1: 42<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control '95, Zbigniew Engel, Adam Lipowczan, and<br />
Jerzy Sadowski, Editors, 3: 249<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control Management, Pelton, 1: 98<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control Manual, Harris, 1: 167<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control in Buildings, Cyril M. Harris, Ed., 2: 54<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control in Russia, E. Nekrasova, Editor 3: 53<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control in the Built Environment, John Roberts and<br />
Diane Fairhall, 3: 53<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control of Hydraulic Machinery, Skaistis, 2: 121<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control: Measurement, Analysis, and Control of Sound and<br />
Vibration, Wilson 2: 253<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration of Electrical Machines, Timar, 1: 42<br />
Non-Auditory Effects of <strong>Noise</strong>, 6: 169<br />
Notes on Sound Absorption Technology, Uno Ingard, 3: 52<br />
Proceedings of Euro-<strong>Noise</strong> '92, Lawrence, 1: 98<br />
Proceedings of the 15th <strong>International</strong> Congress on Acoustics, 3: 249<br />
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Pump Application Desk Book, 5: 112<br />
Recent Advances in Active Control of S & V, Burdisso, 1: 233<br />
Richard G. Dejong, 3: 52<br />
Roofed Theaters of Classical Antiquity, Izenour, 1: 233<br />
Ruido - Fundamentos e Controle, Gerges, 1: 167<br />
Ruido - Fundamentos y Control, 6: 216<br />
Sine Methods for Differential Equations, Lund & Bowers, 1: 233<br />
Software for <strong>Noise</strong> Control, Pascal MilIot, Editor, 3: 134<br />
Sound Intensity, 5: 45<br />
Sourcebook on <strong>Noise</strong> Control, L. Gooday, M. Scanlon, and J. Devine,<br />
Editors, 3: 249<br />
Statistical Energy Analysis, Richard H. Lyon and Richard G. Dejong,<br />
3:52<br />
The Handbook of Hearing and the Effects of <strong>Noise</strong>, Karl D. Kryter,3: 249<br />
The Nature and Technology of Acoustic Space, 4: 50<br />
Calendars<br />
Specialized meetings, 1: 104,172,2: 58,124,211,211<br />
Specialized meetings, 3: 61,148,212,267, 4: 109,180,233<br />
Specialized meetings, 5: 55,120<br />
World conference, 1: 46,102,170,239,2: 59,128,203,271<br />
World conference, 3: 59,146,210,265,4: 55,110,178,231<br />
World conference, 5: 56,126,187,250, 6: 59,187,123,245<br />
Directories<br />
NNI, 1: 52,115,183,246, NNI, 2: 62,140,214,265<br />
NNI, 3: 57,144,213,268, NNI, 4: 62,112,189,252<br />
NNI, 5: 58,116,174,238, NNI, 6: 53,1 16,180,235<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> control services, 1: 56,120,184,247, 2: 64,144,216,279<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> control services, 3: 72,152,216,271,4: 35,64,127,191,254<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> control services, 5: 63,127,191,254, 6: 63,127,191,246<br />
Editorials<br />
1: 4,6,60,62,124,126,188,190, 2: 4,6,68,70,148,150,220,222<br />
3: 6,8,78,8 I, 156,158,220,221, 4: 4,6,68,70,132,134, I96, I98<br />
5: 4,6,68,70,132,134,196,198, 6: 4,6,68,70,132,134,196,198<br />
Errata<br />
Correction to Annex C of European noise feature article, 2: 226<br />
European <strong>News</strong><br />
Austria: Austrian Acoustics Association is Founded, 5: 46<br />
Belgium: ABAV and NAG organize acoustics course, 6: 167<br />
Belgium: ABAV holds annual meeting, 3: 247<br />
Belgium: ABAV-NAG Organizes the 24th Course on Acoustics and<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control, 5: 236<br />
Belgium: ABAV-NAG announces noise control course, 1: 217<br />
Belgium: ABAV-NAGorganize acousticsand noise control course, 2: 252<br />
Belgium: Cops to present INTER-NOISE 94 distinguished lecture, 2: 118<br />
Belgium: Distinguished lectures featured at INTER-NOISE, 1: 90<br />
Belgium: Forum Acusticum is a success, 4: 101<br />
Belgium: Forum Acusticum to be held in Antwerp, 1996 April 1-4,3: 247<br />
Belgium: ISMA 23 to be held in Leuven, 6: 42<br />
Belgium: ISMA23 Conference is Held in Leuven, 6: 225<br />
Belgium: Professor Geysen opens INTER-NOISE 93, 1: 217<br />
Belgium: Short Course to follow INTER-NOISE 93 in Leuven, 2: 46<br />
Belgium: Wolfel Supports EnvironmentalPollutionModeling, 6: 225<br />
Czech Republic: 33rd Conference on Acoustics of the Czech Acoustical<br />
Society, 5: 46<br />
Denmark: Acoustic One: A powerful alliance within sound and<br />
vibration, 2: 252<br />
Denmark: Briiel & Kjer announces close cooperation with<br />
SDRC, 4: 47<br />
Denmark: European <strong>Noise</strong> Conference is held in Copenhagen, 6: 225<br />
Denmark: University of Denmarkmaintains Internet home page, 5: 115<br />
E.C.: Five European Organizations receive joint funding, 1: 36<br />
Estonia: Joint <strong>International</strong> Symposium on Transport <strong>Noise</strong> and<br />
Vibration, 6: 42<br />
Europe: Acta Acustica is published, 1: 217<br />
Europe: Activities of the European Acoustics Association, 2: 43<br />
Europe: Summary of a Green Paper Workshop, 5: 168<br />
Europe: The European Acoustics Association (EEIG) is United with<br />
FASE,5: 115<br />
EuropeanUnion:EuropeanUnionestablishesnoiseworkinggroups,6: 167<br />
France: COMET-SAVOIR to offer short course, 2: 252<br />
France: Committee on validating models meets, 1: 160<br />
France: France hosts euro-noise '95 conference, 3: 130<br />
France: French Society of Acoustics organizes congress, 1: 90<br />
France: <strong>International</strong> acoustical firms to collaborate, 4: 47<br />
France: Nearly 200 abstracts are received for EURO-NOISE 92, 2: 198<br />
France: <strong>Noise</strong> & Man proceedings are available, 2: 198<br />
France: <strong>Noise</strong> as a Public Health Problem, 2: 44<br />
Germany: Abstract of INTER-NOISE 94 distinguished lecture, 2: 119<br />
Germany: Euro-<strong>Noise</strong> 98 to be Held in Munich, 5: 236<br />
Germany: NALS publishes new guidelines, 1: 218<br />
Germany: Obituary - RudolfE. Martin, 2: 198<br />
Germany: euro*noise set for Munich in October, 6: 103<br />
Hungary, Progress report on INTER-NOISE 97, 4: 216<br />
Hungary: 8th Seminar and Exhibition on <strong>Noise</strong> Control, 3: 247<br />
Hungary: Hungarian Scientific Society names new officers, 3: 131<br />
Hungary: Progress on the INTER-NOISE 97 Congress, 4: 170<br />
Italy: COMPAC 97 Reviews Latest Research on the Application of<br />
Computational Methods to Acoustics, 5: 236<br />
Italy: Course on the mechanics of musical instruments, 1: 218<br />
Lithuania: Lithuanian Acoustical Society joins I-INCE, 2: 43<br />
Norway: 1st Circular, <strong>International</strong> Congress on Acoustics, 2: 198<br />
Norway: ICA '95 is held in Norway, 3: 187<br />
Norway: Opening Address at the Isorrc43/SCI,"<strong>Noise</strong>" Meeting, 2: 45<br />
Poland: Report on <strong>Noise</strong> Control '95,3: 247<br />
Russia: Conference on vibroacoustical and diagnostic methods, 2: 198<br />
Russia: East-European Acoustical Association is formed, 1: 38<br />
Russia: <strong>International</strong> INCE Symposium is held in Russia, 3: 65<br />
Russia: New society organizes meetings, 2: 118<br />
Russia: <strong>Noise</strong> conference held in St. Petersburg, 1: 160<br />
Russia: St. Petersburg hosts a transport noise symposium, 1: 38<br />
Russia: Transport <strong>Noise</strong> '94 Designated I-INCE Symposium, 2: 46<br />
Slovakia: Acoustics conference to be held in Slovakia, 3:65<br />
South Africa: Council meeting information, 2: 252<br />
South Africa: Institute changes its name, 2: 43<br />
South Africa: Possibility of an INTER-NOISE Congress, 4: 170<br />
South Africa: South African Acoustics Institute update, 1: 218<br />
South Africa: Summary of lecture by Adrian Jonges, 2: 252<br />
South Africa: Workshop and conference: <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration '95,4: 47<br />
Sweden: Action plan against noise, 1: 36<br />
Sweden: Action plan to combat noise is announced, 1: 159<br />
Sweden: Environmental conference of engineering academies, 3: 187<br />
Sweden: <strong>Noise</strong> from electronically controlled electric motors, 3: 187<br />
Sweden: Restructuring of the <strong>International</strong> Congress on Acoustics is<br />
proposed, 4: 170<br />
Sweden: S.A.S. celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, 3: 131<br />
Sweden: TirelRoad noise bibliography database is available, 3: 131<br />
Switzerland: Addendum to NNI article (AICB Congresses), 4: 170<br />
Switzerland: Swiss Acoustical Society Celebrates its 25th Anniversary,<br />
5: 115<br />
Turkey: SAVOIR to Present Course in Turkey, 5: 168<br />
Turkey: Short course by the Turkish Acoustical Society, 4: 47<br />
United Kingdom: Bratby is appointed lOA chief executive, 6: 42<br />
United Kingdom: INTER-NOISE 96 address by Jens B1auert, 4: 216<br />
United Kingdom: INTER-NOISE 96 brief, 4: 170<br />
United Kingdom: INTER-NOISE 96 exhibition is sold out, 4: 102<br />
United Kingdom: ISVR offers short course, 2: 252<br />
United Kingdom: New interdisciplinary conference to exchange<br />
research on smart structures, 6: 42<br />
United Kingdom: <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration Worldwide, 3: 131<br />
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United Kingdom: Progress on the INTER-NOISE 96 Congress, 3: 188<br />
United Kingdom: Report on Non-auditory Effects of <strong>Noise</strong> is published,<br />
6:42<br />
United Kingdom: Special sessions at INTER-NOISE 96,3: 266<br />
Feature Articles<br />
ACTIVE 95 andINTER-NOISE 95 draw more than 800 Attendees,3: 173<br />
ACTIVE 95 and INTER-NOISE 95 planning information, 3: 26<br />
ACTIVE 95 announcement and call for papers, 2: 103<br />
ACTIVE 97 - Announcement and call for papers, 4: 151<br />
ACTIVE 99 Announcement and Call for Papers, 6: 153<br />
Active noise control (Elliott and Nelson), 2: 75<br />
Advances in Acoustical Standards and Electroacoustics (Wong), 6: 209<br />
Applications for active control of sound and vibration (Tichy), 4: 73<br />
Design and performance of a hemi-anechoic room for measurement of<br />
the noise emitted by computer and business equipment (Lang,<br />
Maling, Nobile, Wise and Yeager), 1: II<br />
Directives, standards, and European noise requirements (Higginson,<br />
Jacques, and Lang), 2: 156<br />
Draft <strong>International</strong> INCE Working Party Report on Technical<br />
Assessment of the Effectiveness of <strong>Noise</strong> Walls, 6: 11<br />
Effects of noise on health (committee report), 4: 137<br />
Effects of noise on people (von Gierke & Eldred), 1: 67<br />
Future <strong>Noise</strong> Policy, European Green Paper, 5: 77<br />
Future <strong>Noise</strong> Policy, Summary, 5: 74<br />
Glossary of terms used in noise control engineering, 3: 161<br />
INTER-NOISE 93 Report, I: 209<br />
INTER-NOISE 93 technical program is announced, I: 22<br />
INTER-NOISE 94 announcement and call for papers, I: 91<br />
INTER-NOISE 94 report, 2: 238<br />
INTER-NOISE 94 technical program is announced, 2: 26<br />
INTER-NOISE 95 announcement and call for papers, 2: 99<br />
INTER-NOISE 96 announcement and call for papers, 3: us<br />
INTER-NOISE 96 program, 4: 23<br />
INTER-NOISE 96 report, 4: 208<br />
INTER-NOISE 97 - Announcement and call for papers, 4: 96<br />
INTER-NOISE 97 Program, 5: 27<br />
INTER-NOISE 97 and ACTIVE 97 Report, 5: 225<br />
INTER-NOISE 98 Announcement and Call for Papers, 5: ISO<br />
INTER-NOISE 98 and Queenstown '98,6: 145<br />
INTER-NOISE 99 Announcement and Call for Papers, 6: 149<br />
<strong>International</strong> INCE Working Party Report on Upper Limits on <strong>Noise</strong> in<br />
the Workplace, 5: 203<br />
NOISE-CON 93 report, 1: 152<br />
NOISE-CON 94 - An invitation to participate, 1: 213<br />
NOISE-CON 94 announcement and call for papers, 1: 155<br />
NOISE-CON 94 report, 2: 194<br />
NOISE-CON 94 technical program, 2: 9<br />
NOISE-CON 96 - An invitation to participate, 4: 87<br />
NOISE-CON 96 announcement and call for papers, 3: 169<br />
NOISE-CON 96 report, 4: 212<br />
NOISE-CON 97 - Announcement and call for papers, 4: 155<br />
NOISE-CON 97 Report, 5: 146<br />
NOISE-CON 97; An Invitation to Participate, 5: 20<br />
NOISE-CON 98 Announcement and Call for Papers, 5: 99<br />
NOISE-CON 98 and SQS 98 Invitation to Participate, 5: 217<br />
NOISE-CON 98 and SQS 98 Report, 6: 98<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control- Principles and Practice (Ingemansson), 2: 107,185,243<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control- Principles and Practice (Ingemansson),<br />
3: 45,119,177,237<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control- Principles and Practice (Ingemansson), 4: 39,159,225<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control- Principles and Practice (Ingemansson), 5: 157<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control- Principles and Practice (Ingemansson), 6: 37,157,217<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control Standards for Machinery and Workplaces (Lazarus and<br />
Zimmermann), 6: 201<br />
Professional societies in the fields of acoustics - their publications and<br />
their conferences, 4: 8<br />
Progress in building acoustics (Cops and Vermeir), 3: 10<br />
Queenstown 98 Announcement and Call for Papers, 5: 153<br />
Recent Activities in <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration Control Engineering in Japan,<br />
5: 138<br />
Recent Developments in <strong>International</strong> Standardization, 5: 9<br />
Regulations for community noise (Gottlob), 3: 223<br />
Reporting Guidlines for Community <strong>Noise</strong> Reaction Surveys (Fields),<br />
6: 139<br />
Standards for a Quieter World: Some Acoustical Reflections from the<br />
UK National Physical Laboratory (Berry), 6: 74<br />
Subject classification in noise control engineering, 2: 12<br />
Sweden's Action Plan Against <strong>Noise</strong> (Kihlman), 1: 194<br />
The cost of silence: A survey of individual value judgments of specific<br />
noise sources (Kihlman, Wibe, and Johnasson), 4: 201<br />
The relationship ofthe exchange rate to noise-induced hearing loss<br />
(Suter), 1: 131<br />
Travel Planning for INTER-NOISE 98 and the Recreational <strong>Noise</strong><br />
Symposium, 6: 85<br />
Working Party Report: Effect of regulations on motor vehicle noise,3: 82<br />
Working Party report "Upper limits of noise in the workplace," 2: 227<br />
Government reports<br />
1: 105,166,230,2: 129,212,275<br />
INCE Notices<br />
Correctionto I-INCEpublication94-1,3: 561-INCEOpinionSurvey.S: 103<br />
Procedure for final processing of draft document. 3: 198<br />
Progress on Working Parties authorized on 1994-08-28,3: 138<br />
Progress on Working Parties authorized on 1994-08-28,3: 198<br />
Voting on I-INCE publication 94-1, 3: 138<br />
Working Party on building acoustics, 3: 253<br />
Working Party on consumer noise, 3: 253<br />
Working parties on building envelope sound attenuation and consumer<br />
noise information, 3: 56<br />
INCE Update<br />
1993 I-INCE financial statement, 2: 259<br />
1995 I-INCE calendar of events, 2: 257<br />
19th I-INCE General Assembly minutes, 1: 224<br />
ACTIVE 95 technical chairman and proceedings editor are appointed,<br />
2: 201<br />
ACTIVE 97 to be held in conjunction with INTER-NOISE 97, 4: 54<br />
Analysis of the I-INCE Opinion Survey, 5: 233<br />
Announcement: Awardfor excellencein noisecontrol engineering,6: L06<br />
Announcement: Outstanding Educator award, 6: 107<br />
AnnuaL I-INCE Report to the member societies, 2: 257<br />
Cops succeeds Maa on <strong>International</strong>lNCE Board, 2: 51<br />
Cops succeeds Myncke as I-INCE Secretary General, 1: 223<br />
DEGAjoins <strong>International</strong> INCE, 1: 223<br />
First announcement: ACTIVE 99 and INTER-NOISE 99, 6: 108<br />
First announcement: INTER-NOISE 97, 4: 54<br />
Formation of working parties delayed, 4:, 107<br />
Four I-INCE Societies to cooperate on ACTIVE 95, 2: 51<br />
General Assembly to meet in Christchurch, New Zealand, 6: 46<br />
I-INCE Establishes ISO Liaison, 6: 229<br />
I-INCE General Assembly meets in Newport Beach, 3:191<br />
I-INCE President's Annual Report to Member Societies, 1: 226<br />
I-INCE President's Annual Report to the Member Societies, 5: 52<br />
I-INCE President's annual report to the member societies, 3: 252<br />
INCEfUSA Draft Professional Conduct and Canons of Ethics, 5: 50<br />
INCEfUSA Long Range Planning Committee meets in July, 1: 229<br />
INCElUSAPolicyStatementon Maintenanceof BoardCertification, 5: 163<br />
INCEfUSA Professional Conduct and Canons of Ethics, 5: 230<br />
INCEfUSA Technical Committee reports, 1: 226<br />
INCEfUSA announces the 1995 INCE Education Award, 2: 201<br />
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INCEIUSA distributes data disk, 2: 202<br />
INCEIUSA elects 1998 officers and directors, 6:<br />
INCEIUSA elects new officers and directors, 2: 122<br />
INCEIUSA elects new officers and directors, 3: 55<br />
INCElUSA elects new officers and directors, 4: 53<br />
INCEIUSA establishes a home page on the Internet, 4: 53<br />
INCEIUSA issues new Recommended Practice, 6: 46<br />
INCEIUSA names new NCEJ Editor-in-Chief, 2: 52<br />
INCEIUSA noise control demonstration contest, 4: 54<br />
INCEIUSA policy statement on certification maintenance, 3: 193<br />
INCEIUSA position on NIOSH proposal, 4: 173<br />
INCEIUSA technical groups and mission statement, 2: 260<br />
INCEIUSA to offer examinations in Newport Beach, 3: 55<br />
INCEIUSA to organize INTER-NOISE 95 in Newport Beach, 2: 51<br />
INCEIUSA to sponsor student paper prize competition, 2: 202<br />
INCElUSA to sponsor student paper prize competition, 4: 54<br />
INTER-NOISE 93 Opening Address by William W.Lang, 1: 223<br />
INTER-NOISE 94 opening address by William W.Lang, 2: 256<br />
INTER-NOISE 95 equipment exhibition is sold out, 3: 139<br />
INTER-NOISE 95 opening address (Lang), 3: 190<br />
INTER-NOISE 99 Student Paper Prize Competition, 6: 228<br />
<strong>International</strong> INCE Financial Report, 5: 165<br />
<strong>International</strong> INCE General Assembly Meets in Liverpool, 5: 231<br />
<strong>International</strong> INCE General Assembly meets in Liverpool, 4: 220<br />
<strong>International</strong> INCE financial report for 1997, 6: 108<br />
<strong>International</strong> INCE releases financial report, 3:140<br />
Maintenance of Board Certification (INCEIUSA), 4: 104<br />
Membership in INCEIUSA - An opportunity and a challenge, 3:194<br />
NCEJ Special Issue on computermethods for noise and vibration, 4: 220<br />
NOISE-CON 94 is a successful meeting, 2: 123<br />
NOISE-CON 96 to be held in Bellevue, Washington, 3: 139<br />
Reports of <strong>International</strong> INCE Working Parties, 3: 190<br />
Special sessions on effects of noise on animals planned for<br />
INTER-NOISE 95, 2: 201<br />
State of the Institute address (Sutherland), 4: 220<br />
State of the Institute, 1997,6: 46<br />
Twentieth I-INCE GA minutes, 2: 258<br />
Twenty-five special sessions planned for NOISE-CON 96, 4:53<br />
Two new member societies join <strong>International</strong> INCE, 4: 107<br />
UK Institute of Acoustics to organize INTER-NOISE 96, 3:54<br />
<strong>International</strong> Advertising Contacts<br />
1: 54,113,181,238,2: 63,143,215,278<br />
3: 71,149,215,270,4: 61,114,187,250<br />
5: 61,118,189,252, 6: 61,125,189,238<br />
Letters<br />
Letter to the editor, 2: 226<br />
Member Society Profiles<br />
Acoustical Commission of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 5: 72<br />
Australian Acoustical Society, 1: 127<br />
Belgian Acoustical Association, 1: 63<br />
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Akustik, 4: 136<br />
French Acoustical Society, 1: 8<br />
Institute of Acoustics (United Kingdom), 4: 72<br />
NALS (Germany), 6:, 200<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration Division, SAIMechE, 6: 9<br />
OPAKFI (Hungary), 5: 8<br />
Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Akustik, 6: 137<br />
Sociedad Espanola de Aciistica, 6: 72<br />
Swedish Acoustical Society, 1: 191<br />
The Acoustical Society of America, 2: 152<br />
The Acoustical Society of Brazil, 2: 224<br />
The Acoustical Society of Finland, 3: 222<br />
The Acoustical Society of Japan, 2: 7<br />
The Acoustical Society of Norway, 3: 159<br />
The Canadian Acoustical Association, 4: 7<br />
The Czech Acoustical Society, 5: 136<br />
The Institute of <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering of Japan, 2: 72<br />
The Institute of <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering of the USA, 3: 80<br />
The Italian Acoustical Association, 4: 200<br />
The New Zealand Acoustical Society, 3: 7<br />
The Southern African Acoustics Institute, 5: 200<br />
Pan American <strong>News</strong><br />
Argentina:Research centerbecomes I-INCE InstitutionalMember, 2: 119<br />
Brazil: SOBRAC organizes Congress, 2: 47<br />
Brazil: 1st PIA Congress - Florianopolis, Brazil, 6: 166<br />
Brazil: Gerges is named SOBRAC president, 2: 250<br />
Brazil: IberoAmerican Federation of Acoustics is Formed, 5: 114<br />
Brazil: SOBRAC to Organize Symposium, 5: 114<br />
Brazil: SOBRAC to organize conference, 1:<br />
Brazilian government news, acoustical facilities at Santa Catarina,<br />
1: 97; noise limits for vehicles and in industry, 1: 163<br />
Brazil: The Brazilian noise labeling program, 4: 49<br />
Canada: CAA to sponsor acoustics week in Canada, 1: 97<br />
LatinAmerica:Latin Americanorganizationsformneworganizations,3: 62<br />
Mexico: Mexican congresses on acoustics, 3: 128<br />
Mexico: New acoustical society meets, 2: 47<br />
Peru: Acoustical society is established in Peru, 3: 128<br />
USA Adnal Akay named Lord Professor in mechanical engineering at<br />
Carnegie Mellon, 6: 44<br />
USA Arvin partners with U.S. Airforce to improve automotive and<br />
aircraft sound quality, 6: 44<br />
USA Larson Davis Incorporated appoints a new CEO and president, 6: 44<br />
USA: 1996 Schultz Grant Awarded to Gary W. Siebein, 5: 47<br />
USA: ASA TCAA issues call for papers, 4: 49<br />
USA: ASA announces new standards documents, 1: 41<br />
USA: ASA holds special session on noise in Washington, DC, 3: 188<br />
USA: ASA meets in New Orleans, 1: 40<br />
USA: ASA noise task group initiates new projects, 2: 196<br />
USA: ASA plans special session on acoustical accessibility, 2: 251<br />
USA: ASA president spearheads noise assessment, 2: 47<br />
USA: ASA to host <strong>International</strong> Congress on Acoustics, 4: 169<br />
USA: ASA to meet in Washington in June, 3: 62<br />
USA: ASA to sponsor Sabine Centennial, 1: 219<br />
USA: ASHRAE revises sound and vibration information, 1: 41<br />
USA: ASME to sponsor active noise workshop, 2: 120<br />
USA: ASME to sponsor symposium on flow noise modeling,<br />
measurement and control, 3: 62<br />
USA: Advisory group for noise in correctional facilities, 1: 97<br />
USA: Airplane noise levels continue to drop, 3: 244<br />
USA: BBN forms new division to focus on the noise and vibration<br />
control marketplace, 3: 189<br />
USA: BBN's Acoustic Technologies Division wins contract with the<br />
FRA,4: 100<br />
USA: Battelle Opens New Shock and Vibration Test Facility, 5: 47<br />
USA: Broadhurst Promoted to Principal Consultant, 5: 167<br />
USA: Cohen named to new professorship at Purdue, 2: 119<br />
USA: Dennis Paoletti becomes NCAC president, 2: 250<br />
USA: Eight Medals Awarded to Students During 1996,5: 167<br />
USA: Eriksson Research is founded, 6: 227<br />
USA: Events at NOISE-CON 96, 3: 245<br />
USA: FAA Announces AEM, Version 3, 5: 47<br />
USA: FAA Releases INM, Version 5.1 5: 114<br />
USA: FAA releases Version 5.0 of the Integrated <strong>Noise</strong> Model, 3: 244<br />
USA: FAA to release integrated noise model, 2: 48<br />
USA: Field <strong>Noise</strong> Reduction is the Subject of aNew Task Group, 5: 237<br />
USA: Formation of user coalitionforeffectivehearing conservation,2: 197<br />
USA: Four new American National Standards are available, 2: 196<br />
USA: Georgia Tech Develops Tiny Spheres as an Acoustical Material,<br />
5:237<br />
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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NOISECONTROL ENGINEERING<br />
USA: Government certifications and accrediations for Industrial<br />
Acoustics Company's aero-acoustic laboratories, 6: 105<br />
USA: HMMH acquires ANOMS, 3: 244<br />
USA: HowardF. Kingsbury Receives ASTM Wallace Waterfall Award,<br />
5:237<br />
USA: INCE Foundation is incorporated, 1: 163<br />
USA: INCEIUSA Undergraduate Award, 4: 219<br />
USA: INCEIUSA announces undergraduate awards, 2: 250<br />
USA: INCEIUSA elects new officers and directors, 1: 96<br />
USA: INCEIUSA publishes special issue of NCEJ, 4: 169<br />
USA: INCEIUSA representatives appointed to CAOHC council, 6: 105<br />
USA: INCEIUSA streamlines membership rules, 1: 163<br />
USA: INM Version 5.1 to be available from the FAA, 4: 49<br />
USA: MSHA publishes proposed noise regulation, 6: 44<br />
USA: Mine Safety and Health Administration issues dosimeter report,<br />
3:63<br />
USA: Model <strong>Noise</strong> Ordinance Approved for Release by NJDEP, 5: 237<br />
USA: NCAC to hold expert witness seminar, 1: 165<br />
USA: NCHA meets with OSHA secretary, 2: 250<br />
USA: NCT acquires ANVT assets, 3:129<br />
USA: NGC Testing Services acoustical facilities now available to<br />
manufacturers, 6: 166<br />
USA: NIOSH, UAW, Ford, Hawkwa, JAA announce cooperative<br />
agreement, 3: 128<br />
USA: NOISE-CON 93 to be held in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1: 40<br />
USA: NOISE-CON 94 to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1: 96<br />
USA: National Hearing Conservation Association position on OSHA<br />
document, 4: 100<br />
USA: National directory of acoustical consultants is available, 1: 165<br />
USA: New Acoustical Consulting Firm Established, 5: 47<br />
USA: New active noise publication, 2: 250<br />
USA: <strong>Noise</strong> Clearinghouse is established, 4: 219<br />
USA: <strong>Noise</strong> Committee forms new labeling group, 4: 219<br />
USA: <strong>Noise</strong> is featured on U.S. television, 1: 219<br />
USA: Open Letter from Nita Lowey, Member of Congress, 5: 166<br />
USA: Participants sought for round robin on community noise, 6: 44<br />
USA: Paul S. Veneklasen & Associates Western Electro-Acoustic<br />
Laboratory Announces a Name Change and New Officers, 5: 237<br />
USA: Penn State offers World Campus noise control engineering<br />
program, 6: 44<br />
USA: Penn State to offer short course on vibrations, 3: 129<br />
USA: Penn State's noise control program, 2: 49<br />
USA: Peppin is RAB ISO 9000 certified quality auditor, 2: 250<br />
USA: Pranab Saha Receives McFarland Award, 5: 166<br />
USA: Professor Raj Singh wins a national teaching award, 6: 105<br />
USA: Progress report on transition to quieter airplanes 6: 227<br />
USA: Purdue University Gives INCE Undergraduate Awards, 5: 237<br />
USA: RH Lyon Corp announces WWW quiet components program, 4: I()()<br />
USA: SAE Meets in Traverse City; Hillquist is Honored, 5: 166<br />
USA: SAE <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration Conference is held in Michigan, 1: 219<br />
USA: SAE meets in Traverse City, 3: 244<br />
USA: Scantek is associated with G.R.A.S., 2: 197<br />
USA: Schultz grant announced for 1996,4: 100<br />
USA: Sonic Perceptions relocates its permanent office, 2: 119<br />
USA: Springer-Verlag to Publish and Distribute AlP Press Books<br />
Worldwide,5: 167<br />
USA: TWA Flight 800 disaster: recorded sounds, 4: 169<br />
USA: Transportation noise committee to meet in Cambridge, 2: 25 I<br />
USA: Two new ANSI standards are approved, 6: 105<br />
USA: USG Corporation opens new acoustics laboratory, 4: 219<br />
USA: Woodruff school has new anechoic chamber, 6: 166<br />
USA: Wyle laboratories wins Orange County noise control contract, 2: 49<br />
Obituaries<br />
Curtis I. Holmer, 3: 140<br />
Fritz H.B. Ingerslev, 2: 122<br />
Gerrit Jan Kleinhoote van Os, 6: 48<br />
Manfred Heckl, 5: 46<br />
N. Chris Paulhus, 6: 45<br />
Robert O. Fehr, 6: 229<br />
Roger L. Kerlin, 5: 47<br />
Sir James Lighthill, 6: 229<br />
People<br />
Argiro receives ASNE Saunders award, 1: 193<br />
Bannister is named ASME Fellow, 1: 192<br />
Bernhard is named Herrick Laboratories director, 2: 8<br />
Berry joins Cavanaugh Tocci Associates, 4: 46<br />
Blotter wins 1995 Student Paper Prize Competition, 3: 185<br />
Bruel is awarded ABAV honorary membership in ABAV, 1: 192<br />
Cavanaugh receives ASA Distinguished Service Citation, 3: 4<br />
Cohen is named Congressional Fellow, 1: 192<br />
Dr. Erick E. Ungar affiliates with Acentech, 1: 9<br />
Egan awarded 1994 Schultz grant, 3: 5<br />
Eldred is awarded the ASA Silver Medal in <strong>Noise</strong>, 3: 4<br />
Eugene Rivin is honored by the ASME, 2: 154<br />
Five students win 1994 INCE paper prize competition, 2: 154<br />
Five students win 1993 INCE student paper prize competition, I: 129<br />
Garrett named UTC Professor at Penn State, 4: 168<br />
Greg Moebs wins first INCE Undergraduate Award, 4: 46<br />
Handley is named an lAC director, 1: 66<br />
Hideki Tachibana is named ASJ president, 3: 76<br />
Hoover receives Distinguished Engineering Award, 3: 246<br />
Ingard receives INCEIUSA Education Award, 3: 184<br />
Kamlingh Ones Gold Medal goes to Ray Cohen, 4: 46<br />
Larry Royster and Elliott Berger win NHCA awards, 4: 168<br />
Lawrence receives Australian standards award, 2: 8<br />
Lotz, Singh, and Manning are named ASA Fellows, 1: 65<br />
Maglieri wins aerospace award, 1: 9<br />
Outstanding paper by a young presenter in noise awards, 1: 65,193<br />
Peppin is elected ASME Fellow, 4: 168<br />
Peppin is elected a Fellow of the ASA, 3: 76<br />
Per V.Bruel Gold Medal awarded to Eric E. Ungar, 3: 4<br />
Phil and Ginny Swartz are honored by INCE, 4: 168<br />
Pierce becomes BU department head, 1: 129<br />
Professor Elfyn 1. Richards, 1914-1995 (obituary), 3: 246<br />
R.H. Lyon Corp president elected to the NAE, 3: 76<br />
RH Lyon Corp. is awarded Nissan contract, 1: 9<br />
Ralph Hillquist receives McFarland award, 3: 76<br />
Richard 1. Peppin receives Waterfall award, 2: 8<br />
Roth is named ASME Fellow, 3: 5<br />
Schwind named AES Fellow, 3: 246<br />
Seven medals awarded to students in 1995,4: 46<br />
Singh receives George Westinghouse award, 1: 193<br />
Sone is inaugurated as President of ASJ, 1: 129<br />
Wilcoxon Research names director of sales and marketing, 4: 168<br />
Product <strong>News</strong><br />
1: 43,99,168,235, 2: 57,125,205,273<br />
3: 66,135,200,250,4: 51,108,175,234<br />
5: 53,121,170,246,6: 55,118,182,240<br />
Standards <strong>News</strong> (USA)<br />
I: 48,106,173,241,243, 2: 131,137,207,209,266,268<br />
3: 67,141,204,255,257,260, 4: 57,116,181,238<br />
5: 176,240,6: 49,109,170,174,230,232<br />
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Feature<br />
INTER-NOISE 98 Report<br />
The wonderful native dances of the Maori concert<br />
party Te Kotahitanga provided a spectacular<br />
opening to INTER-NOISE 98, the 1998<br />
<strong>International</strong> Congress on <strong>Noise</strong> Control<br />
Engineering. The opening, held in the James Hay<br />
Theatre of the Christchurch, New Zealand on 1998<br />
November 16, provided the 500 delegates to the<br />
Congress with warm New Zealand welcomes,<br />
outstanding entertainment, and a plenary<br />
distinguished lecture by Dr. Birgitta Bergland.<br />
Following the opening dances, congress president<br />
Harold Marshall after this welcomed those present,<br />
and announced that in addition to the 500 registered<br />
delegates, there were 78 accompanying persons and 40<br />
exhibitors, most with severalpersons to operate the exhibition<br />
booths in the Christchurch Exhibition Halls.<br />
Professor Marshall then introduced the<br />
Christchurch Mayor's Deputy, Ron Wright, who<br />
gave the delegates a warm welcome to the delegates<br />
on behalf of the city.<br />
Then followed Professor George Peterson, president<br />
of the Academy Executive of the Royal Society<br />
of New Zealand, who officially opened the congress.<br />
The members of the Royal Society,he said, have done<br />
an outstanding job in promoting the public awareness<br />
of science and engineering in New Zealand, and in<br />
the education of scientists and engineers. He described<br />
noise control engineering as one of the key<br />
factors in influencing the quality of life. "<strong>Noise</strong>," he<br />
said "is a universal problem, and you have an opportunity<br />
to influence the lives of hundreds of thousands<br />
of people allover the world. The next speaker was <strong>International</strong><br />
INCE president William W. Lang, who<br />
gave the delegates an overview of the activities of<strong>International</strong><br />
INCE. He announced that the <strong>International</strong><br />
INCE Board of Directors met on the previous<br />
day and decided to select a venue in North America<br />
for INTER-NOISE 2002. He reminded everyone that<br />
Nice, France and Den Haag, The Netherlands, have<br />
already been approved for INTER-NOISE 2000 and<br />
INTER-NOISE 2001, respectively.<br />
Another musical interlude followed these opening<br />
addresses - this time by a barbershop quartet,<br />
The Plainsmen, who gave the audience several superb<br />
examples ofthe harmony possible in this singing<br />
style. The performance concluded with a<br />
rousing rendition of I 'm sitting on topofthe world!<br />
Dr. Peter Thome then introduced Dr. Birgitta<br />
Bergland. In her presentation, titled Community<br />
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noise in a public health perspective, she articulated<br />
her vision, which is to create a society with a supportive<br />
sound environment. She argued that new<br />
conceptual thinking is needed to get the direction<br />
right, and that environmental health principles require<br />
that supportive should be independent of the<br />
type of environment. She presented nine environmental<br />
health principles related to noise that should<br />
guide future noise policy and strategic actions.<br />
These included the public's entitlement to a good<br />
environment for vulnerable groups, the right to be<br />
able to sleep at night, even with the windows open,<br />
and the entitlement to good working conditions on<br />
the job. She said that we must think in other ways<br />
than just reducing pollution (long term health effects),<br />
but we must be able to determine the direct<br />
health effects ofnoise today. While not rejecting the<br />
idea ofcontrolling the long term effects of noise on<br />
health, she said that it is very difficult to prove that<br />
there are serious effects in the general population.<br />
She spoke of noise exposure and said that health<br />
effects are related to noise immission, and not noise<br />
emission. Speaking of the serious problems with<br />
noise exposure around airports, she said that goals<br />
are needed, and that while noise control engineers<br />
have the power to make changes, the health effects<br />
must be considered.<br />
The Plainsmen-<br />
on top ofthe world!<br />
Following the plenary session, INTER-NOISE<br />
98 broke into parallel sessions, the first group of 20<br />
special sessions and 18 general sessions. Following<br />
Monday's sessions, a number of tours to various<br />
points of interest around Christchurch were offered.<br />
These tours were described in the 1998 June issue of<br />
<strong>Noise</strong>/<strong>News</strong> <strong>International</strong>.<br />
Dr. Colin Hanson presented the second distinguished<br />
lecture titled Active noise control - extending<br />
the limits. In his paper, he emphasized advances<br />
in sound sensing and sound generation. In relation to<br />
modal coupling, he discussed vibration distributions<br />
thai are orthogonal in terms of radiated sound, not<br />
vibration. He discussed accelerometer arrays to<br />
sense the modes, but with the use of modal filters to<br />
red.ice the number of inputs into the control system,<br />
and gave examples. He spoke of active vibration isolation<br />
and the hazards of minimizing vertical acceleration<br />
when moments are transmitted into<br />
structures. With regard to sound generation, he<br />
spoke of acoustical sources that are practical in a<br />
high temperature environment. He covered loudspeaker<br />
motion to minimize distortion and avoid<br />
nonlinear problems. When distortion is audible and<br />
the fundamental is filtered out, the sound quality<br />
produced may be worse than when the fundamental<br />
is included. He also spoke of piezo-cerarnic patches<br />
and stack attenuators. He said that industrial and<br />
consumer products may be about 10 years away.<br />
I-INCE president WilliamLang updates delegates on<br />
I-INCE activities.<br />
Professor George Peterson, president of theAcademyexecutiveof<br />
theRoyalSociety of NewZealand offers iriformation<br />
aboutscientific andengineering activity inNewZealand.<br />
After the remainder of the day devoted to parallel<br />
sessions, attendees very much enjoyed the congress<br />
banquet which was held in a tent adjacent to the Antarctic<br />
Center in the suburbs of Christchurch. Dine on<br />
Ice was the theme of the evening, and attendees had<br />
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the opportunity to go through the Center before an<br />
excellent dinner was served.<br />
Professor Jeremy Astley was presented the third<br />
distinguished lecture on Wednesday, November 18.<br />
His title was Finite elementsinacoustics. He presented<br />
a review of the applicationoffinite element techniques<br />
to acoustical problems. He discussed three classes of<br />
problems; the interior problem, finite elements in duct<br />
and waveguide problems, and exterior problems.<br />
The final parallel sessions then followed, and late<br />
in the afternoon, the closing ceremony was held.<br />
Congress President Harold Marshall thanked all of<br />
those who worked so hard to make INTER-NOISE<br />
98 a success. The key members of the team that<br />
made the INTER-NOISE 98 Congress such an outstanding<br />
success were John Quedley, Peter Heinze,<br />
Murray Johns, Vern Goodwin, and Keith Ballagh.<br />
Their contributions respectively to the finances and<br />
exhibition, the conference secretariat and management,<br />
the congress proceedings, and the technical<br />
program were very much appreciated by all those<br />
who attended INTER-NOISE 98. William Lang<br />
then thanked Professor Marshall for his leadership<br />
ofthe team that made the congress a success. The Te<br />
Kotahitanga concert party then came to the stage for<br />
additional traditional native New Zealand dances.<br />
As the music faded away, Professor Joseph<br />
Cuschieri came to the stage to invite delegates to attend<br />
INTER-NOISE 99 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,<br />
USA on <strong>1999</strong> December 06-08. He showed slides of<br />
attractive locations in Fort Lauderdale, and then invited<br />
delegates to a closing reception hosted by<br />
INCEIUSA. Later that evening, delegates had the<br />
opportunity to attend a symphony concert in the<br />
Christchurch Town Hall. Congress President Harold<br />
Marshall was responsible for the acoustics of the<br />
hall, one of the finest in the world. The concert was<br />
sponsored by Marshall Day Acoustics.<br />
(Editor's Note: The abstracts of all of the papers<br />
presented in Christchurch can be found on the<br />
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CliffStevenson officially opens<br />
Queenstown 98.<br />
Internet. Go to the INTER-NOISE 98 web site:<br />
http://www.auckland.ac.nz/internoise98. The proceedings<br />
ofthe congress are also available in hard<br />
copy and as a CD-ROM.)<br />
Queenstown '98<br />
"You are arguably in the finest recreational area in the<br />
word" said Dr. Philip Dickinson as he opened what is<br />
believed to be the first symposium devoted exclusively<br />
to recreational noise. The date was 1998 November<br />
20, the venue was the Lakeland Hotel on the<br />
beautiful shore of Lake Wakatipu Queenstown, New<br />
Zealand, and the event was Queenstown 98, the 1998<br />
<strong>International</strong> Symposium on Recreational <strong>Noise</strong>.<br />
Philip Dickinson said that he and Dr. Norman Carter<br />
recognized the synergy between recreational noise<br />
and the work of the <strong>International</strong> Commission on the<br />
Biological Effects of <strong>Noise</strong> (ICBEN) and its <strong>Noise</strong><br />
Effects '98 meeting the following week in Sydney,<br />
Australia. (See the article on page 47 ofthis issue. <br />
Ed.) The symposium also followed INTER-NOISE<br />
98 with one travel day to arrive in Queenstown.<br />
Philip Dickinson called for preservation of human<br />
health through noise control. "Singing sands<br />
have been replaced by freeways.<br />
We need to hear the<br />
wind in the trees and the babbling<br />
of small streams," he<br />
said. "We do our research,"<br />
he said, "but there is nobody<br />
to tell us what to do with the<br />
results, or how to implement<br />
any recommendations that<br />
may come out of it; we have<br />
to take action ourselves. In<br />
this room," he said, "we<br />
have the most powerful technical<br />
resource the southern<br />
Lou Sutherland, the keynote speaker for<br />
Queenstown 98.<br />
hemisphere has ever seen,<br />
and we must resolve to take<br />
action over the next year or so."<br />
Dr. Con Wassilieff, Technical Program Chairman,<br />
then explained the organization of the symposium,<br />
and Malcolm Hunt, responsible for<br />
publications, spoke about the papers, and eventual<br />
publication of a hard-bound book. Malcolm Hunt<br />
then introduced the honored president of the symposium,<br />
Professor CliffStevenson, who was one of the<br />
founders of acoustics in New Zealand. He made two<br />
points: that we must protect persons from hearing<br />
damage while pursuing such recreational activities<br />
as shooting, car racing, and rock music; and at the<br />
same time we must preserve the very low noise levels<br />
that exist in the countryside. He thanked Philip<br />
Dickinson for all of his efforts to organize the meeting,<br />
and welcomed the delegates to Queenstown.<br />
The distinguished lecture was given by Louis<br />
Sutherland, past president of INCEfUSA. He said<br />
that natural quiet has long been regarded as a basic resource<br />
in national parks, and therefore that its measurement<br />
and evaluation are of importance. "Natural<br />
quiet," he said, "is endangered by increased utilization<br />
of park resources, ground and air transportation,<br />
and air training flights." He discussed quantities upon<br />
Continued on page 54<br />
Con Waissileff, Technical Program Chairman for<br />
Queenstown 98.<br />
Malcolm Hunt, publications chair for Queenstown 98.<br />
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INeE Update<br />
PROGRAM PLANNING - INTER-NOISE 99<br />
Individuals with access to the Internet can follow the planning for INTER-NOISE 99, the <strong>1999</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
Congress on <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on <strong>1999</strong> December 6-8. To to<br />
http://www.IN99.oeJau.edu. Technical papers in all areas of noise control engineering will be considered for<br />
presentation at INTER-NOISE 99.Papers related to thetopics below will, when possible, bepresented inspecial<br />
sessions. The name of the session, the contact person, and his or here-mail address (in parenthesis) are given.<br />
• Active control of sound and vibration - applications, Chris Fuller (c.r.fuller@larc.nasa.gov).<br />
Active/passive control methods, Raj Singh (singh.3@osu.edu).<br />
Case histories: solved problems in noise control engineering, David Collings (davidcollings@compuserve.com).<br />
• Practical methods for identifying and ranking industrial noise sources, Adin Mann (jamann@iastate.edu).<br />
Prediction of industrial noise sources, David Nelson (davidanelson@compuserve.com).<br />
• Refinery and petrochemical plant noise control, Jim Cowling (jim.cowling@mwk.com).<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> control issues in power generation, David Collins (davidcollings@compuserve.com).<br />
• Demonstration and outreach presentations in acoustics and noise, control, Courtney Burroughs<br />
(cbb@arlvax.arl.psu.edu), and Charlie Moritz (cmoritz@binc.blachford.com).<br />
Jury tests and testing environments: procedures, realism, and biases, John Gagliardi (gagliardijC@yahoo.com).<br />
• Sound quality models for product noise: generation, validation, noise control case histories, Dan Kato<br />
(dkato@notesbridge.cummins.com).<br />
• Sound quality in quiet highway design, John Gagliardi (gagliardijC@yahoo.com).<br />
• Transportation noise, Courtney Burroughs (cbb@arlvax.arlpsu.edu).<br />
• Sound quality related to perceived product quality, Vish Vadari, Ludwig Liedle, and Jim Thompson<br />
(jthompso@autoa.com).<br />
• Use of sound and noise as a marketing tool: product labeling issues, advertising, and reporting of tests, Dan<br />
Kato (dkato@notesbridge.cummins.com).<br />
• Military noise, Bernard Berry (bernard.berry@npl.co.uk), LarryFinegold(LFinegold@falcon.al.wpafb.af.mil), and Pat<br />
Davies (davies@ecn.purdue.edu).<br />
Measurement arrays, smart sensors, and holography, Vish Vadari, Gunnar Rasmussen, and Jim Thompson<br />
(jthompso@autoa.com).<br />
• <strong>Noise</strong> from information technology and telecommunications equipment, Joe Wong, (cjwong@wb.xerox.com).<br />
• Structure-borne noise prediction techniques, Gerry Carroll (carroll@oasys.dt.navy.mil).<br />
• Building noise criteria and control, Mei Wu (mqwu@earthlink.net).<br />
Optimization of materials and treatments for noise and vibration control, Raj Singh, (singh.3@osu.edu).<br />
Acoustical materiai properties, Raj Singh, (singh.3@osu.edu).<br />
• Mufflers and silencers: Improved concepts and modeling approaches, Raj Singh (singh3@osu.edu).<br />
Outdoor sound propagation, Gerry Lanchle, (gcll@psu.edu).<br />
• Sound propagation prediction methods, Gerry Lauchle, (gcll@psu.edu).<br />
Effects ofvibratlon and mechanical shock on humans, Setsuo Maeda (hfru@im.kindai.ac.jp), and Michael J. Griffin<br />
(mjg@isvr.soton.ac.uk).<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> annoyance within the soundscape perspective, Birgitte Schulte-Fortkamp and Peter Lercher.<br />
Four Questions<br />
• Are you a student at a university in the United<br />
States<br />
• Would you like to visit Fort Lauderdale, Florida<br />
this coming December<br />
• Would you like to be considered for a<br />
complimentary registration and a $1000<br />
honorarium at INTER-NOISE 99<br />
• Can you produce a good technical paperfor the<br />
INTER-NOISE 99 Proceedings<br />
You should enterthe <strong>1999</strong> INCE/USA Student Paper<br />
Prize Competition. Call (914) 462-4006 for more<br />
details.<br />
Four Questions<br />
• Have you recently demonstrated an outstanding<br />
application of noise control engineering<br />
• Can the application contribute to a quieter<br />
environment<br />
• Would you like to be recognized for your<br />
accomplishment at INTER-NOISE 99<br />
• Is the $3000 honorarium being offered by<br />
INeE/USA of interest to you or your company<br />
If you answered yes to these four questions, you are<br />
a candidate for the INCE Award for Excellence in<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering. CalIINCE/USA at (914)<br />
462-4006 for more information.<br />
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Pan-American <strong>News</strong><br />
George Maling, Pan-American Editor<br />
SAE <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration Conference<br />
is set for May 17-20. The biennial SAE<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration Conference will be<br />
held in Traverse City, Michigan on <strong>1999</strong><br />
May 17-20. Among the subjects expected<br />
to be covered are active control, noise<br />
control materials, noise assessment and<br />
development, drive-by requirements and<br />
regulations, aerodynamics, and squeak<br />
and rattle. More than 180 technical papers<br />
will be presented, and more than 120<br />
exhibitors will be in the exposition that is<br />
held in conjunction with the conference.<br />
For more details, contact the SAE by<br />
FAX at +1 724 776 002, or bye-mail:<br />
meetings@sae.org. The SAE has a web<br />
site with URL http://www.sae.org.<br />
NewAmerican National Standards are<br />
Available. Two new American National<br />
Standards related to the insertion loss of<br />
noise barriers and acoustical instrumentation<br />
are now available from the Acoustical<br />
Society of America. ANSI<br />
S12.8-1998, American National Standard<br />
Methods for Determination of Insenion<br />
Loss ofOutdoor <strong>Noise</strong> Barriers,<br />
presents three methods for determining<br />
the insertion loss of outdoor noise baniers.<br />
The methods are "direct" BEFORE<br />
and AFTER measurements; "indirect"<br />
BEFORE measurements at an "equivalent"<br />
site; and "indirect" predictions of<br />
BEFORE sound levels. "Indirect BE<br />
FORE measurements" and "indirect BE<br />
FORE prediction" methods require direct<br />
measurements of AFTER sound levels.<br />
Measurements of acoustical descriptors<br />
use sound sources naturally present at a<br />
site, controlled natural sound sources, or<br />
controlled artificial sound sources.<br />
Within prescribed limits, the receiver location<br />
and atmospheric, ground, and terrain<br />
conditions may be chosen based on<br />
the objectives for determination of barrier<br />
insertion loss. Examples are provided<br />
for worksheets that may be used for data<br />
acquisition and analysis.<br />
ANSI S1.14-1998, American National<br />
Standard Recommendations for Specifying<br />
and Testing the Susceptibility of<br />
Acoustical Instruments to Radiated Radio-Frequency<br />
Electromagnetic Fields,25<br />
mHz to 1 gllr. provides recommendations<br />
for specifying and testing the susceptibility<br />
ofacoustical instruments to radiated radio<br />
frequency electromagnetic fields. This<br />
standard does not contain recommendations<br />
regarding the susceptibility of an instrument<br />
to conducted electromagnetic<br />
fields, or recommendations to limit the<br />
emission of electromagnetic fields from<br />
instruments. This Standard covers two<br />
ranges of radio frequencies for the carrier<br />
signal: 25 rnHz to 500 mHz, and an extended<br />
range from 25 mHz to 1gHz. Recommended<br />
maximum field strengths for<br />
the radio-frequency field are 3V/m, 10<br />
Vim, and 61.4 Vim. An electric field<br />
strength greater than 61.4 Vim may be selected<br />
for specific applications. The Standard<br />
recommends limits, relative to the<br />
overall performance category ofan acoustical<br />
instrument, of allowable deviation<br />
from nominal performance in the absence<br />
of a radio-frequency field.<br />
ANSI 512.8 is available for 134 USD<br />
and ANSI S1.14 is available for 82 USD.<br />
For more information, contact the ASA<br />
Standards Secretariat at the address given<br />
in the Standards <strong>News</strong> Department of this<br />
issue. More information on ANSI standards<br />
may be obtained by going to the web<br />
site of the Acoustical Society ofAmerica,<br />
http://asa.aip.org.Click on the standards<br />
button to go to the standards page.<br />
New Books. Two new books related to<br />
noise control, both published by John<br />
Wiley and Sons, have been received; reviews<br />
will be published in the next issue<br />
of this magazine. Architectural Acoustics,<br />
Principles and Practice, by William<br />
1. Cavanaugh and Joseph A. Wilkes, was<br />
published in 1998 November. The ISBN<br />
number is 0 471306827. The second edition<br />
of the Handbook of Occupational<br />
Safety and Health, Louis 1.<br />
DiBernardinis, has a chapter on occupational<br />
noise exposure and hearing conservation<br />
written by Charles P.<br />
Lichtenwaldner and Kevin Michael. The<br />
ISBNis0471160172.<br />
Quest's New World Headquarters.<br />
Quest Technologies, Inc., of<br />
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, an employee-owned<br />
corporation, announces its<br />
move to the newly constructed World<br />
Headquarters at 1060 Corporate Center<br />
Drive in the Oconomowoc Corporate<br />
Center. The facility houses all of Quest's<br />
manufacturing and other corporate functions<br />
in a new 4,494 m 2 facility. Housed<br />
in the facility is a training center and expanded<br />
quarters for Quest's growing service<br />
department. This site is sufficient in<br />
size to accommodate growth plans Quest<br />
has for its business in industrial hygiene<br />
instruments worldwide.<br />
Separately, the Quest Board of Directors<br />
has named Dan Webster, its President<br />
and CEO to the additional title of Chairman.<br />
Mr. Websterjoined Quest in May of<br />
this year, taking over for Mr. Robert<br />
Wurm, who has retired but remains on the<br />
Board of Directors.<br />
Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc.,<br />
Announces two StaffPromotions. Michael<br />
Toy, P.E., has been promoted to<br />
Principal Consultant at Charles M.<br />
Salter Associates. With over eleven<br />
years experience in acoustical consulting,<br />
Mr. Toy has supervised a wide range<br />
of projects including performance, educational,<br />
residential, medical, and office<br />
facilities. Mr. Toy is a graduate of the<br />
University of California at Berkeley.<br />
Ross Jerozal has been promoted to Senior<br />
Consultant. He specializes in the design<br />
ofsystems for speech reinforcement,<br />
sound masking, video and audio<br />
teleconferencing, and presentation systems<br />
with front and rear projection. He is<br />
a graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.<br />
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European <strong>News</strong><br />
A. Cops, European Editor<br />
First Announcement<br />
INTER-NOISE 2000. INTER-NOISE<br />
2000, the 29th <strong>International</strong> Congress on<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering to be sponsored<br />
by I-INCE, the <strong>International</strong>Institute <strong>Noise</strong><br />
Control Engineering, will be held in Nice<br />
on the French Riveria at end of the summer<br />
of the year 2000. On behalf of the Societe<br />
Francaise d' Acoustique, a Member Society<br />
ofl-INCE, and the Institut National de Recherche<br />
sur les Transports et leur Securite,<br />
the organizers of the Congress, the Congress<br />
President, Michel Vallet, takes great<br />
pleasure in invitingall readers of this magazine<br />
to participate in INTER-NOISE 2000.<br />
For this important congress, the organizers<br />
will collaborate with the Associazione<br />
Italiana di Acustica and the Sociedad<br />
Espanola de Acustica. Support has been receivedfrom<br />
the European Commission and<br />
the World Health Organization (for Europe)<br />
and from several French Ministries<br />
(Environment, Transport).<br />
A major topic for discussion at<br />
INTER-NOISE 2000 will be Transport<br />
and Community <strong>Noise</strong> which remain the<br />
greatest sources of noise problems in the<br />
world. INTER-NOISE 2000 will take<br />
place among several coordinated workshops<br />
or conferences to be held in the<br />
same period.<br />
A social programme will be prepared<br />
for all delegates and for accompanying<br />
persons.<br />
The Scientific Programme. The theme<br />
of INTER-NOISE 2000 will be closely<br />
related to Transport and Community<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> but all subjects in noise and vibration<br />
engineering will be discussed. The<br />
congress will consist of several parallel<br />
sessions. Special sessions on detailed<br />
themes will be held in addition to the traditional<br />
topics about noise (INCE classification<br />
of Subjects). The chairmen of<br />
these sessions will be invited by the Scientific<br />
Committee.<br />
The Venue. The Congress will held in the<br />
Acropolis Congress Palace, a very functional<br />
building in the centre of Nice.<br />
The Trade Exhibition. A comprehensive<br />
trade exhibition will be held in conjunction<br />
with the congress. 50 stands and<br />
1500 square meters are available in the<br />
midst of the session rooms.<br />
How to Reach Nice. Nice has an international<br />
airport 3 km from the city centre,<br />
with connections to Paris.<br />
Hotels and Accommodations. A list of<br />
hotels with a large range of prices will<br />
be sent to delegates, including flats for<br />
families.<br />
Reply Coupon. Readers who wish to be<br />
added to the mailing list should return the<br />
reply coupon at the bottom of this page.<br />
Acta Acustica/acustica Changes Editors.<br />
Acta AcusticalAcustica will see<br />
some major changes in <strong>1999</strong>. The publication<br />
serves the members of the national<br />
societies in the European<br />
Acoustics Association (EAA). After<br />
five years of service, the founding Editor-in-Chief,<br />
Jean-Dominique Polack,<br />
is to stand down. Jean-Dominique has<br />
been a major driving force throughout<br />
the early years of the development of<br />
the journal.<br />
Michael Vorlander succeeds<br />
Jean-Dominique, supported by Xavier<br />
Pelorson and Marc- Pierre Verge who will<br />
act as the chief links with the Associate<br />
Editors in the organization of manuscripts<br />
for publication. Xavier Pelorson<br />
will also be responsible for the journal's<br />
web site eaa.essex.ac.uk/eaa/.<br />
A new initiative to introduce technical<br />
and applied papers has been launched and<br />
a team of three Editors, including Roger<br />
Higginson, FIOA, has been recruited for<br />
this purpose. A fast procedure for publishing<br />
technical papers has been established.<br />
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Asia-Pacific <strong>News</strong><br />
Anita Lawrence, Asia-Pacific Editor<br />
Australia<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Effects 98. The 7th conference in<br />
the series of conferences on <strong>Noise</strong> as a<br />
Public Heath Problem by the <strong>International</strong><br />
Commission on the Biological Effects<br />
of <strong>Noise</strong> (ICBEN) was the first to<br />
be held in the Southern Hemisphere.<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Effects 98 was held in Sydney,<br />
Australia, in late November, shortly after<br />
the INTER-NOISE 98 Congress in<br />
New Zealand.<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Effects 98 was a great success<br />
on all of performance indicators for a<br />
conference. Over 300 delegates from<br />
around the world attended during the four<br />
and half days. Over 270 papers were presented<br />
as keynote papers, plenary sessions,<br />
contributed sessions and poster<br />
sessions. Workshops allowed for free discussion<br />
on each of the nine subject areas<br />
covered by ICBEN which include the effects,<br />
of noise on sleep, on communication,<br />
on the community, on hearing loss,<br />
on performance, on physiology, on animals<br />
and the implications for regulations<br />
& standards.<br />
The venue, near the center of the city,<br />
was excellent and many delegates enjoyed<br />
the opportunity to continue discussions<br />
while walking alongside Darling<br />
Harbour. The conference dinner, on a<br />
cruise boat, also capitalized on the location.<br />
The buffet dinner allowed all to sample<br />
authentic Australian food and wine.<br />
The welcome and farewell receptions<br />
were held in areas with views over the<br />
harbour and city.<br />
This conference provided the opportunity<br />
for the presentation of papers on current<br />
findings and research.<br />
The Conference proceedings provide a<br />
valuable resource on the current knowledge<br />
on noise effects. For purchase of the<br />
proceedings, AUD 110 plus postage and<br />
packing, contact the Australian Acoustical<br />
Society, fax +61 03 9887 9400 or use the<br />
e-mail contact:watkins@melbpc.org.au.<br />
Japan<br />
A seminar titled "Recent technology of<br />
countermeasures against road traffic<br />
noise" was held in Tokyo, on January<br />
12th. In the seminar, Professor Hideki<br />
Tachibana, University of Tokyo, presented<br />
an outline of the new environmental<br />
noise standard (based on LAeq) which<br />
will come into force on <strong>1999</strong> April 01. He<br />
also stressed on the necessity to develop<br />
new technology for noise mitigation Following<br />
his presentation, five research<br />
workers presented recent strategy and<br />
technologies to reduce road traffic noise.<br />
The subjects were tire/road noise, porous<br />
asphalt concrete, edge modified noise<br />
barriers, and application of absorptive<br />
materials to reduce noise reflection. Because<br />
of the wide social interest in this<br />
subject, and because of the good timing,<br />
130 persons participated in the seminar.<br />
Papers related to the subject of the<br />
seminar appeared in a recent special issue<br />
of the Journal of the Acoustical society of<br />
Japan (English version), <strong>Volume</strong> 20,<br />
NO.1 (<strong>1999</strong>) which covers Control ofvehide<br />
pass-by noise by porous asphalt<br />
pavement. Dr. Ulf Sandberg (Sweden)<br />
presented a special review titled Low<br />
noise road surfaces, which covers the history<br />
of low noise pavement in Europe, a<br />
summary of present knowledge, and a<br />
discussion of future work. This special issue<br />
includes one more review of Japanese<br />
technical development, which is written<br />
by Dr. Seishi Meiarashi, Public Works<br />
Research Institute, Ministry of Construction.<br />
Five original papers are also presented<br />
by Japanese researchers. Some of<br />
the keywords associated with the papers<br />
are absorption mechanisms, noise attenuation<br />
factors, measurement of acoustical<br />
properties, noise prediction method, etc.<br />
(Kohei Yamamoto will assist with the<br />
Asia Pacific <strong>News</strong> from Japan. He can be<br />
reached bye-mail at: i90402@<br />
simail.ne.jp - Ed.)<br />
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Standards <strong>News</strong><br />
dards are published, an announcement will be carried in<br />
Standards Action, in ANSI's Supplements to the Catalog of<br />
American National Standards, and in trade publications.<br />
Standards <strong>News</strong> from the United States<br />
(partially derivedfromANSIReporter, and ANSIStandards Action,<br />
with appreciation)<br />
Call for comment on proposed American<br />
National Standards and American National<br />
Standards proposed for ReaHirmation or<br />
Withdrawal<br />
This section lists proposed American National Standards that<br />
solicit public comments and review. The final dates for offering<br />
comments, listed in parentheses, are for information only.<br />
Copies of these documents are available from ANSI.<br />
ACCELER()~ETERS<br />
BSRlIEEE 836-1992(RI997), Recommended Practice for Precision<br />
Centrifuge Testing of Linear Accelerometers (reaffirmationof<br />
ANSI/IEEE 836-1992) (1997 November 11)<br />
Describes the conduct and analysis of precision tests that are<br />
to be performed on linear accelerometers using centrifuge techniques.<br />
Final actions on American National Standards<br />
ANSI's Board of Standards Review has taken the final action indicated<br />
on the standards listed below. When the approved stan-<br />
* This is an edited version ofthe Standards <strong>News</strong> Department published in the Journal of<br />
the Acoustical Society ofAmerica. Reprinted by permission. The full text appears in the<br />
Journal ofthe Acoustical Society ofAmerica. 103(5),2248-2253, 1998 May. - Ed.<br />
AC()USTICS<br />
ANSI S1.4-1983 (RI997), Specification for Sound Level Meters<br />
(reaffirmation of ANSI S1.4-1983(R1994)): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI S1.6-1984 (RI997), Preferred Frequencies, Frequency<br />
Levels, and Band <strong>Number</strong>s for Acoustical Measurements (reaffirmation<br />
of ANSI S1.6-1984 (R1994)) 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI SI.8-1989 (RI997), Reference Quantities for Acoustical<br />
Levels (reaffirmation of ANSI S1.8-1989): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI S1.10-1966 (RI997), Method for the Calibration ofMicrophones<br />
(reaffirmation of ANSI S1.10-1966 (R1986)):<br />
1997 July 07.<br />
ANSI S1.12-1967 (RI997), Specifications for Laboratory<br />
Standard Microphones (reaffirmation of ANSI S1.12-1967)<br />
R1986)): 1997 July 19.<br />
ANSI S1.22-1992 (RI997), Scales and Sizes for Frequency<br />
Characteristics and Polar Diagrams in Acoustics (reaffirmation<br />
of ANSI S1.22-1992): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI S1.25-1991 (RI997), Specification for Personal <strong>Noise</strong><br />
Dosimeters (reaffirmation of ANSI S1.25-1991): 1997 July<br />
29.<br />
ANSI S1.40-1984 (RI997), Specification for Acoustical Calibrators<br />
(reaffirmation of ANSI S1.40-1984): 1997 July 19.<br />
ANSI S3.14-1997 (RI997), Rating <strong>Noise</strong> with Respect to<br />
Speech Interference (reaffirmation of ANSI S3.14-1997<br />
(R1986)): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI SI2.5-1990 (RI997), Requirements for the Performance<br />
and Calibration of Reference Sources (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S12.5-1990): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI SI2.10-1985 (RI997), Methods for the Measurement<br />
and Designation of <strong>Noise</strong> Emitted by Computer and Business<br />
Equipment (reaffirmation of ANSI S12.1O-1985 (R1990)):<br />
1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI SI2.11-1987 (RI997), Method for the Measurement of<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Emitted by Small Air-Moving Devices (reaffirmation of<br />
ANSI S12.11-1987 (R1993)): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI SI2.12-1992 (RI997), Engineering Method for the Determination<br />
of Sound Power Levels of <strong>Noise</strong> Sources Using<br />
Sound Intensity (reaffirmation of ANSI S12.12-1992): 1997<br />
July 29.<br />
ANSI SI2.14-1992 (RI997), Methods for the Field Measurement<br />
of the Sound Output of Audible Public Warning Devices<br />
Installed at Fixed Locations Outdoors (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S12.14-1992): 1997 July 19.<br />
ANSI SI2.15-1992 (RI997), Acoustics-Portable Electric<br />
Power Tools, Stationary and Fixed Electric Power Tools, and<br />
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Gardening Appliances - Measurement of Sound Emitted (reaffirmation<br />
of ANSI SI2.15-1992): 1997 July 29.<br />
AN8I 812.16-1992 (R1997), Guidelines for the Specification<br />
of <strong>Noise</strong> of New Machinery (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
SI2.16-1992): 1997 July 29.<br />
AN8I 812.30-1990 (R1997), Guidelines for the Use of Sound<br />
Power Standards and for the Preparation of <strong>Noise</strong> Test Codes<br />
(reaffirmation of ANSI SI2.30-1990): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI 812.33-1990 (R1997), Engineering Methods for the Determination<br />
of Sound Power Levels of <strong>Noise</strong> Sources in a Special<br />
Reverberation Test Room (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
12.33-1990): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI 812.34-1988 (R1997) Engineering Methods for the Determination<br />
of Sound Power Levels of <strong>Noise</strong> Sources under Essentially<br />
Free-Field Conditions over a Reflecting Plane<br />
(reaffirmation of ANSI SI2.34-1998 (RI993)): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI 812.36-1990 (R1997) Survey Methods for the Determination<br />
of Sound Power Levels of <strong>Noise</strong> Sources (reaffirmation<br />
of ANSI SI2.36-1990): 1997 July 29.<br />
BIOACOUSTICS<br />
ANSI 83.4-1990 (R1997) (R1997), Procedure for the Computation<br />
of Loudness of <strong>Noise</strong> (reaffirmation ofANSI S3.4-l980<br />
(RI992)): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI 83.13-1987 (R1997), Mechanical Coupler for Measurement<br />
of Bone Vibrators (reaffirmation of ANSI S3.13-l987<br />
(RI993)): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI 83.21-1978 (R1997), Method for Manual Pure-Tone<br />
Threshold Audiometry (reaffirmation of ANSI S3.21-1978<br />
(R1992)): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI 83.35-1985 (R1997), Method of Measurement of Performance<br />
Characteristics of Hearing Aids under Simulated in-situ<br />
Working Conditions (reaffirmation of ANSI S3.35-l985<br />
(RI990)): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI S3.37-1987 (R1997), Preferred Earhook Nozzle Thread<br />
for Postauricular Hearing Aids (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
53.37-1987 (R1992)): 1997 July 29.<br />
ANSI 83.42-1992 (R1997), Testing Hearing Aids with a<br />
Bread-Band <strong>Noise</strong> Signal (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S3.42-l992): 1997 July 29.<br />
LOUDSPEAKERS<br />
ANSI S4.56-1997, Recommended Practice for Professional<br />
Audio-Subjective Evaluation of Loudspeakers (new standard):<br />
1997 September 30.<br />
Standards <strong>News</strong> from Abroad<br />
(Partially derivedfrom ANSIReporter and ANSIStandards Action,<br />
with appreciation)<br />
Newly published ISO and IEC Standards and<br />
Technical Reports<br />
This section lists new and revised standards and technical reports<br />
recently approved and promulgated by ISO and lEe.<br />
These documents together with catalog listing several thousand<br />
current ISO and IEC standards are available from ANSI.<br />
ISO Standards<br />
ACOUSTICS (TC 43)<br />
ISO 10847:1997, Acoustics-In-situ determination of insertion<br />
loss of outdoor noise barriers of all types.<br />
ISO 10843:1997, Acoustics-Methods for the description and<br />
physical measurement of single impulses or series of impulses.<br />
ISO 11819-1: 1997, Acoustics-Measurement of the influence<br />
of road surfaces on traffic noise-Part I: Statistical Pass-By<br />
method.<br />
<strong>International</strong> documents submitted to the U. S.<br />
for vote and/or comment<br />
Some of the documents processed recently by the ASA Standards<br />
Secretariat. Dates in parentheses are deadlines for submission<br />
of comments and recommendation for vote, and they<br />
are for information only.<br />
U.S. TAG ISO Documents<br />
S3 & 812 1st ISO/CD 12124-Procedures for the Measurement<br />
of real-ear Characteristics of hearing aids,<br />
1997 June 04.<br />
812 ISOIDIS 362-Acoustics-Measurement of<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Emitted by Accelerating Road vehicles-Engineering<br />
Method (Affirmative w/Comments),<br />
1997 February 07.<br />
ISO/DIS 14163-Acoustics-Guidelines for<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control for Silencers (Negative w/Comments),<br />
1997 January 31.<br />
ISOIDIS 1680-Acoustics-Test Code for the<br />
Measurement of Airborne <strong>Noise</strong> Emitted by Rotating<br />
Electrical Machinery (Negative w/Comments),<br />
1997 February 07.<br />
ISO 1996/2:1987 DAM 1- Acoustics-Description<br />
and Measurement of Environmental<br />
<strong>Noise</strong>-Part 2: Acquisition of Data Pertinent to<br />
Land Use, Amendment 1 (Affirmative w/Comments),<br />
1997 <strong>March</strong> 12.<br />
ISOIDIS 3741-Acoustics-Determination of<br />
Sound Power Levels of <strong>Noise</strong> Sources Using Sound<br />
Pressure-Precision Methods for Reverberation<br />
Rooms (Negative w/Comments), 1997January 3l.<br />
ISO/DIS 10846-3-Acoustics and vibration-Laboratory<br />
Measurements of Vibro-acoustic<br />
transfer Properties of Resilient Elements, Part 3:<br />
Dynamic Stiffness of Elastic Supports for<br />
Translatory Motion-Indirect Method (Affirmative<br />
w/o Comments), 1997 June 19.<br />
I80IFDIS 10847-Acoustics-in situ determination<br />
of Insertion Loss of Outdoor <strong>Noise</strong> Barriers of<br />
All Types (Negative wIComments), 1997 April 30.<br />
ISO/FDIS 10846-I-Acoustics and vibration-Laboratory<br />
Measurements of Vibro-acoustic<br />
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transfer Properties of Resilient Elements, Part I:<br />
Principles and Guidelines, 1997 June 18.<br />
ISO/FDIS 10846-2-Acoustics and Vibration-Laboratory<br />
Measurements of Vibro-acoustic<br />
transfer Properties of Resilient Elements, Part 2: Dynamic<br />
Stiffness of Elastic Supports for Translatory<br />
Motion-Direct Method, 1997 June 18.<br />
ISOIDTR 11688-2-Acoustics-Recommended<br />
Practice for the Design of Low-noise Machinery<br />
and Equipment-Part 2: Introduction into Physics<br />
of Low-noise Design (Affirmative w/o Comments),<br />
1997 January 24.<br />
2nd ISO/CD 3740-Determination of Sound<br />
Power Levels of <strong>Noise</strong> Sources-Guidelines for<br />
the Use of Basic Standards (Affirmative w/Comments),<br />
1997 May 13.<br />
4th ISO/CD 3747-Determination of Sound<br />
Power Levels of <strong>Noise</strong> Sources Using Sound Pressure-Engineering<br />
Comparison Method for Use in<br />
an Approximately Reverberant Field in situ (Affirmative<br />
w/Comments). 1997 May 13.<br />
1st ISO/CD 3891-I-Determination, Measurement<br />
and Management of Aircraft <strong>Noise</strong>-Part 1:<br />
Description and Measurement of Aircraft <strong>Noise</strong><br />
Heard on the Ground (Negative w/Comments),<br />
1997 July 01.<br />
1st ISO/CD 3891-4-Description, Measurement<br />
and Management of Aircraft <strong>Noise</strong>-Part 4: Airport<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Management and Land use (Negative<br />
w/Comments), 1997 July 01.<br />
2nd ISO/CD 5129-Acoustics-Measurement of<br />
Aircraft Interior Sound Pressure Levels in-Flight<br />
(Affirmative w/Comments), 1997 May 22.<br />
ISO/CD 13325-Tyres-Coast-by Test Method for<br />
Measuring Tyre Road Sound Emission (ISOITC 31<br />
N577) (Affirmative w/Comments). 1997 April 16.<br />
1st ISO/CD 15667-Acoustics-Guidelines for<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control by Enclosures and Cabins (Affirmative<br />
w/Comments), 1997 June 19.<br />
U.S. TAG<br />
Sl<br />
S3<br />
IEC Documents<br />
IEC/TC29/352/Second<br />
CD<br />
1672-Electroacoustics-Sound Level Meters<br />
(Revision ofIEC 651: 1979 and IEC 804: 1995), Affirmative<br />
w/Comments, 1997 February 13.<br />
IECITC 29/3571CD, First IECIDAM-Amendment<br />
to IEC 651:1979, Sound Level Meters-Electrostatic<br />
Compatibility Requirements and Test<br />
Procedures, 1997 May 12.<br />
IECITC29/359/CD, First IECIDAM-Amendment<br />
to IEC 804: 19 85, Sound Level Meters-Electromagnetic<br />
and Electrostatic<br />
Compatibility Requirements and Test Procedures,<br />
1997 May 12.<br />
IECITC 29/360/CD, First IECIDAM- Amendment<br />
to IEC 1252:1993, Sound Level Meters-Electromagnetic<br />
and Electrostatic<br />
Compatibility Requirements and Test Procedures,<br />
1997 May 12.<br />
IEC/TC29/362/CDV 1672-Electroacoustics<br />
Sound Level Meters (Revision of IEC 651: 1979<br />
and IEC 804:1995), 1997 May 12.<br />
IECITC29/368CD-IEC 61 669, Ed.1: Equipment<br />
for the Measurement of Real-Ear Characteristics<br />
of Hearing Aids, 1997 May 04.<br />
IEC/TC 29/350IFDIS, Amendment 2 to IEC<br />
118-2, Ed. 2-Hearing Aids-Part 2: Measurements<br />
of Frequency Response Using Steady State<br />
Broad Band Input Signals (Abstention w/Comments),<br />
1997 February 24.<br />
IECITC 29/ 356/Second CD, Amendment 1 to<br />
IEC 118-6-HearingAids-Part 6: Characteristics<br />
of Electrical Input Circuits for Hearing Aids (Abstention<br />
w/Comments), 1997 April 23.<br />
IEC 3521CDV (2nd lEe/CD 1672)<br />
Electroacoustics-Sound Level Meters (Revision<br />
of IEC 651:1979 and IEC 804;1985) (Affirmative<br />
w/comments), 1997 <strong>March</strong> 03.<br />
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Standards <strong>News</strong><br />
MHz, and an extended range from 25 MHz to I GHz. Recommended<br />
maximum electric field strengths for the steady-state<br />
radio frequency field are 3Vim, 10 V1m,and 61.4 V1m.An electric<br />
field strength greater than 61.4 V1mmay be selected for specific<br />
applications. Recommends limits, relative to the overall<br />
performance category ofan acoustical instrument, ofallowable<br />
deviation from nominal performance in the absence of a radio-frequency<br />
field. (1998 January 08)<br />
Final actions on American National Standards<br />
ANSI's Board of Standards Review has taken the final action indicated<br />
on the standards listed below. When the approved standards<br />
are published, an announcement will be carried in<br />
Standards Action, in ANSI's Supplements to the Catalog of<br />
American National Standards, and in trade publications.<br />
ACOUSTICS (New Standard)<br />
ANSI S2.16-1997, Vibration <strong>Noise</strong> Measurements and Acceptance<br />
Criteria of Shipboard Equipment (new standard): 1997<br />
October 31.<br />
Standards <strong>News</strong> from the United States<br />
(Partially derivedfromANSIReporter, and ANSIStandards Action<br />
with appreciation)<br />
Newly published American National Standards<br />
NOISE<br />
ANSI SI2.6-1997, Methods for Measuring the Real-Ear Attenuation<br />
of Hearing Protectors.<br />
Call for comment on proposed American National Standards<br />
and American National Standards proposed for Reaffirmation or<br />
Withdrawal This section lists proposed American National Standards<br />
that solicit public comments and review. The final dates for<br />
offering comments, listed in parentheses, are for information<br />
only. Copies of these documents are available from ANSI.<br />
ACOUSTICS<br />
BSR S1.14, Recommendations for Specifying and Testing the<br />
Susceptibility of Acoustical Instruments to Radiated Radio-Frequency<br />
Electromagnetic Fields, 25 MHz to 1 GHz, draft<br />
dated September 1997 (new standard)<br />
Provides recommendations for specifying and testing the<br />
susceptibility of acoustical instruments to radiated radio frequency<br />
electromagnetic fields. Covers two ranges of radio frequencies<br />
for the unmodulated carrier signal: 25 MHz to 500<br />
* This is an edited version ofthe Standards <strong>News</strong> Department published in the Journal of<br />
the Acoustical Society ofAmerica. Reprinted by permission. The full text appears in the<br />
Journal ofthe Acoustical Society ofAmerica, 104(1), 10-16, 1998 July. - Ed.<br />
VIBRATION AND SHOCK (ReaHirmations)<br />
ANSI S2.2-1959 (R 1997) Methods for the Calibration of<br />
Shock and Vibration Pickups (reaffirmation of ANSI 52.2-1959<br />
(R 1990)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.3-1964 (R 1997) Specifications for a High-Impact<br />
Shock Machine for Electronic Devices (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S2.3-1964 (R 1990)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.4-1976 (R 1997) Method for Specifying the Characteristics<br />
of Auxiliary Analog Equipment for Shock and Vibration<br />
Measurements (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.4-1976 (R<br />
1990)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.5-1962 (R 1997) Recommendations for Specifying<br />
the Performance of Vibration Machines (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S2.5-1962 (R 1990)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.7-1982 (R 1997) Balancing Terminology (reaffirmation<br />
of ANSI S2.7-1982 (R 1986)): 9 October 1997. ANSI<br />
S2.8-1972 (R 1997) Guide for Describing the Characteristics of<br />
Resilient Mountings (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.8-1972 (R<br />
1986)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI 82.9-1976 (R 1997) Nomenclature for Specifying<br />
Damping Properties of Materials (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S2.9-1976 (R 1990)): 1997 October 09.<br />
AN8I 82.10-1971 (R 1997) Methods for Analysis and Presentation<br />
of Shock and Vibration Data (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S2.1O-1971 (R 1990)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI 82.11-1969 (R 1997) Selection of Calibrations and Tests<br />
for Electrical Transducers Used for Measuring Shock and Vibration<br />
(reaffirmation of ANSI S2.11-1969): 1997 October 09.<br />
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ANSI S2.14-1973 (R 1997) Methods for Specifying the Performance<br />
of Shock Machines (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.14-1973<br />
(R 1986»: 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.15-1972 (R 1997) Specification for the Design, Construction,<br />
and Operation of Class HI (High Impact)<br />
Shock-Testing Machine for Lightweight Equipment (reaffirmation<br />
of ANSI S2.15-1972 (R 1986)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.17 -1980 (R 1997) Techniques of Machinery Vibration<br />
Measurement (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.l7-1980 (R<br />
1986)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.19-1989 (R 1997) Mechanical Vibration-Balance<br />
Quality Requirements of Rigid Rotors-Part 1: Determination<br />
of Permissible Residual Unbalance (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S2.19-l989): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.20-1983 (R 1997) Estimating Airblast Characteristics<br />
for Single Point Explosions in Air, with a Guide to Evaluation of<br />
Atmospheric Propagation and Effects (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S2.20-1983 (R 1989)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.31-1979 (R 1997) Method for the Experimental Determination<br />
of Mechanical Mobility, Part 1: Basic Definitions<br />
and Transducers (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.31-1979 (R 1986)):<br />
1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.32-1982 (R 1997) Methods for the Experimental Determination<br />
of Mechanical Mobility, Part II:Measurements<br />
Using Single-Point Translation Excitation (reaffirmation of<br />
ANSI S2.32-l982 (R 1990): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.34-1984 (R 1997) Guide to the Experimental Determination<br />
of Rotational Mobility Properties and the Complete<br />
Mobility Matrix (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.34-1984 (R 1990)):<br />
1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.38-1982 (R 1997) Field Balancing Equipment Description<br />
and Evaluation (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.38-1982 (R<br />
1990)): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.40-1984 (R 1997) Mechanical Vibration of Rotating<br />
and Reciprocating Machinery-Requirements for Instruments<br />
for Measuring Vibration Severity (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S2.40-1984 (R 1990»: 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.41-1985 (R 1997) Mechanical Vibration of Large Rotating<br />
Machines with Speed Range from 10 to 200 revIs-Measurement<br />
and Evaluation of Mechanical Vibration Severity in situ<br />
(reaffirmation of ANSI S2.41-1985 (R 1990»: 1997October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.42-1982 (R 1997) Procedures for Balancing Flexible<br />
Rotors (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.42-1982 (R 1990)): 1997<br />
October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.43-1984 (R 1997) Criteria for Evaluating Flexible<br />
Rotor Balance (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.43-l984 (R 1990»:<br />
1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.45-1983 (R 1997) Electrodynamic Test Equipment<br />
for Generating Vibration-Method of Describing Equipment<br />
Characteristics (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.45-1983 (R 1990»:<br />
1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.46-1989 (R 1997) Characteristics to be Specified for<br />
Seismic Transducers (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.46-1989 (R<br />
1991»: 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.47-1990 (R 1997) Vibration of Buildings-Guidelines<br />
for the Measurement of Vibrations and Evaluation of Their<br />
Effects on Buildings (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.47-1990): 1997<br />
October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.48-1993 (R 1997) Servo-Hydraulic Test Equipment<br />
for Generating Vibration-Methods of Describing Characteristics<br />
(reaffirmation of ANSI S2.48-1993): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.58-1983 (R 1997) Auxiliary Tables for Vibration Generators<br />
Methods of Describing Equipment Characteristics (reaffirmation<br />
of ANSI S2.58-l983 (R 1990»: 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.60-1987 (R 1997) Balancing Machines-Enclosures<br />
and Other Safety Measures (reaffirmation of ANSI<br />
S2.60-1987): 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S2.61-1989 (R 1997) Guide to the Mechanical Mounting<br />
of Accelerometers (reaffirmation of ANSI S2.61-1989 (R<br />
1991»: 1997 October 09.<br />
ANSI S3.34-1986 (R 1997) Guide for the Measurement and<br />
Evaluation of Human Exposures to Vibration Transmitted to the<br />
Hand (reaffirmation of ANSI S3.34-1986»: 1997 October 09.<br />
Standards <strong>News</strong> from Abroad<br />
(Partially derivedfromANSIReporter and ANSIStandards Action,<br />
with appreciation)<br />
Meetings of <strong>International</strong> Standards<br />
Committees and Working Groups<br />
The following international standards working groups met during<br />
the period January-July 1998.<br />
ISOrrC 43/Se I/WG 25: Measurement of sound intensity.<br />
1998 June 10-11, Kollegievej, Denmark.<br />
ISOrre 43/Se I/WG 28: Sound Power Levels of <strong>Noise</strong><br />
Sources. 1998 June 8-9, Kollegievej, Denmark.<br />
reorc 29/WG 4: Sound level meters. 1998 May 13-14, Barcelona,<br />
Spain.<br />
IEerre 29/WG 17: Sound calibrators-Testprocedures. 1998<br />
February 24, Copenhagen, Denmark; and 1998 May 11-12,<br />
Barcelona, Spain.<br />
reorc 29/WG 18: Electromagnetic Compatibility. 1998 February<br />
25, Copenhagen, Denmark.<br />
Formalization of <strong>International</strong> Comparison<br />
Calibrations on Acoustics, Vibration and<br />
Ultrasound<br />
The Comite international des poids et measures (CIPM) had decided<br />
to form an ad hoc group on the above subjects, and the first<br />
meeting, chaired by Dr. Andrew Wallard, a member of CIPM,<br />
was held on 1998 <strong>March</strong> 10-11 at the National Physical Laboratory,<br />
UK. In view of the importance of the subject matters to mutual<br />
recognition and to international trade, one of the<br />
conclusions was to recommend to CIPM to form a separate<br />
Consultative Committee to deal with key comparisons on the<br />
calibration of microphones, accelerometers and ultrasound<br />
power measurements. The meeting was attended by representatives<br />
from seventeen countries, with representations from ISO<br />
and IEC. For the NORAMET (North American Metrology Cooperation)<br />
national laboratories, NIST (USA) was represented<br />
by Dr. Victor Nedzelnitsky, NRC(Canada) was represented by<br />
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Dr. George Wong, and Dr. Salvador Echeverria represented<br />
CENAM (Mexico).<br />
Newly published ISO and IEC Standards and<br />
Technical Reports<br />
This section lists new and revised standards and technical reports<br />
recently approved and promulgated by ISO and IEC.<br />
These documents together with catalog listing several thousand<br />
current ISO and IEC standards are available from ANSI.<br />
ISO Standards<br />
ACOUSTICS (TC 43)<br />
ISO 140-1: 1997, Acoustics-Measurement of sound insulation<br />
in buildings and of building elements-Part I: Requirements<br />
for laboratory test facilities with suppressed flanking<br />
transmission.<br />
ISO 140-8: 1997, Acoustics-Measurement of sound insulation<br />
in buildings and of building elements-Part 8: Laboratory<br />
measurements of the reduction of transmitted impact noise by<br />
floor coverings on a heavyweight standard floor.<br />
ISO 10846-1: 1997, Acoustics and vibration-Laboratory<br />
measurement of vibro-acoustic transfer properties of resilient<br />
elements-Part 1: Principles and guidelines.<br />
ISO 10846-2: 1997, Acoustics and vibration-Laboratory<br />
measurement of vibro-acoustic transfer properties of resilient<br />
elements-Part 2: Dynamic stiffness of elastic supports for<br />
translatory motion-Direct method.<br />
CEN/CENELEC<br />
The following European drafts have been sent to members of the<br />
European Committee for Standardization (CEN), and/or the European<br />
Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization<br />
(CENELEC), for enquiry, information and comment. The final<br />
dates for offering comments, listed in parentheses, are for information<br />
only.Copies of these documents are availablefrom ANSI.<br />
CEN<br />
European drafts sent for CEN enquiry<br />
The following European drafts have been sent to CEN members<br />
for enquiry and comment. Ifthe draft is a proposed adoption of<br />
an <strong>International</strong> Standard, it is so noted. The final date for offering<br />
comments is listed after each proposal. Copies are available<br />
from ANSI.<br />
NOISE MEASUREMENT<br />
prEN 13023, <strong>Noise</strong> measurement methods for printing, paper<br />
converting, paper making machines and auxiliary equipment-Accuracy<br />
Categories 2 and 3 (1998 April 06).<br />
<strong>International</strong> documents submitted to the U. S.<br />
for vote and/or comment<br />
Some of the documents processed recently by the ASA Standards<br />
Secretariat. Dates in parentheses are deadlines for submission<br />
of comments and recommendation for vote, and they<br />
are for information only.<br />
U.S. TAG ISO Documents<br />
S2 ISO/CD 8041-Amendment I to ISO 8041:<br />
1990-Human Response to Vibration-Measuring<br />
Instruction (Affirmative w/Comments).<br />
ISOIDIS 9629-Mechanical Vibration-Rail<br />
Track Geometry-Reporting of Measured Data<br />
(Negative w/Comments).<br />
ISOIDIS 10056-Mechanical Vibration-Measurement<br />
and Analysis of Vibration to Which Passengers<br />
and Crew are Exposed in Railway Vehicles<br />
(Affirmative w/Comments).<br />
ISOIDIS 10326-2-Mechanical Vibration-Laboratory<br />
Method for Evaluating Vehicle Seat Vibration-Part<br />
2-Application to Railway Vehicles<br />
(Affirmative w/Comments).<br />
ISOIDIS 10816-4-Mechanical Vibration-Evaluation<br />
of Machine Vibration by Measurements on<br />
Non-Rotating Parts-Part 4-Application to Railway<br />
Vehicles (Affirmative w/o Comments).<br />
ISOIDIS 10817-1.2-Rotating Shaft Vibration<br />
Measurement Systems, Part I: Relative and Absolute<br />
Sensing of Radial Vibration (Affirmative<br />
w/Comments).<br />
ISOIDIS 13753-Mechanical Vibration and<br />
Shock-Hand-Arm Vibration-Method for Measuring<br />
the Vibration Transmissibility of Resilient<br />
Materials when Loaded by the Hand-Arm System<br />
(Negative w/Comments).<br />
ISO/CD 14694-Industrial Fans-Specification<br />
for Balance Quality and Vibration Levels (Negative<br />
w/Comments).<br />
S3 First ISO/CD 5349-1-Mechanical Vibration and<br />
Shock-Measurement and Assessment of Human Exposure<br />
to Hand-Transmitted Vibration-Part<br />
I-GeneralGuidelines (Affirmativew/Comments).<br />
ISO/CD 2631-2-Mechanical Vibration and<br />
Shock-Evaluation of Human Exposure to<br />
Whole-Body Vibration Part 2: Vibration in Buildings<br />
(1 Hz to 80 Hz) (Revision of ISO 2631-2:<br />
1989) (Negative w/Comments).<br />
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Acknowledgments<br />
INTER-NOISE 98 and Queenstown 98<br />
Continuedfrom page 41<br />
which impact criteria can be based, e.g., dose-response methods<br />
and probability charts. He discussed actions taken by the U.S.<br />
government, and called for improved noise management plans and<br />
incentives for industry to provide quieter transportation resources.<br />
"Allcitizens shouldhave access to our national treasures,"he said.<br />
Following the plenary session, sessions were held in two<br />
streams. Stream I was devoted to the preservation of quiet in<br />
national parks and wilderness areas, and in particular on the<br />
effects of aircraft overflights. Stream 2 began with a series of<br />
papers and discussion on amplified music and its effects, and<br />
then a second series devoted to motorsport noise. It was<br />
expected that the symposium would have a wide range of topics<br />
to discuss but, from the papers submitted and the delegates'<br />
input, these three topics predominated. The papers at the<br />
symposium, together with an edited transcript ofthe discussions<br />
and other relevant input, will be published in a bound volume.<br />
Readers who did not attend the symposium, and who are<br />
interested in the volume, should check future issues of this<br />
magazine for an announcement.<br />
In the evening, delegates were taken by the vintage steamer<br />
TSS Earnslaw to a remote sheep station on Walter Peak at the far<br />
end of Lake Wakatipu. There, attendees enjoyed a delicious<br />
carvery style buffet dinner before returning to Queenstown under<br />
the stars, where those on the upper deck of the ship were privy to a<br />
magnificent display of the southern night sky with a spectacular<br />
show of stellar objects burning up in the atmosphere.<br />
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Product <strong>News</strong><br />
17 Years of IMAC Proceedings Available<br />
els, window panels, various door panels, tages. Individual panels can be easily disciety<br />
on Searchable CD-ROM. The So<br />
hatch panels, and ventilation panels. mantled from the structure for<br />
for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.<br />
(SEM) is offering an unprecedented collection<br />
of <strong>International</strong> Modal Analysis<br />
Conference (IMAC) Proceedings papers<br />
on CD-ROM. IMAC CD-ROM subscribers<br />
can search all seventeen years of<br />
IMAC proceedings by author, title, or abstract.<br />
Several early years of this series<br />
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The initial purchase price for years 1to 15<br />
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US]) for nonmembers. The price for annual<br />
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US]) for nonmembers.<br />
IMAC CD-ROMs may be purchased<br />
The EMP system, since it is a modular<br />
system which is designed to optimize both<br />
transmission loss and sound absorption,<br />
offers a method for helping to safeguard<br />
personnel on the job, i.e., protecting them<br />
from hearing loss and other noise-related<br />
hazards. All of the basic components of<br />
this acoustic control system are removable<br />
and interchangeable. Therefore, as needs<br />
change, EMP enclosures/walls can be expanded<br />
without loss of acoustic integrity,<br />
by adding more panels. Or if an area is reconfigured<br />
or if equipment is moved to a<br />
new location, the EMP enclosures or walls<br />
can be disassembled and re-erected where<br />
they are now required. This removability<br />
feature also offers maintenance advanaccess/upkeep<br />
of enclosed machinery and<br />
can then be rapidly put back into place<br />
without degrading the outstanding acoustical<br />
performance of the structure.<br />
No special tools or equipment are required<br />
to set-up an EMP structure. Plus a<br />
unique panel and comer connector ensures<br />
a tight acoustic fit without the need<br />
for caulking. These features all enhance<br />
the ease of installing an EMP structure, as<br />
well as greatly reduce labor costs.<br />
The heavy-duty EMPs not only can be<br />
used for erecting enclosures/walls around<br />
machinery already in place, but also they<br />
offer a solution for OEM equipment manufacturers<br />
allowing them to supply a "silencing"<br />
package for new machinery<br />
on the internet through SEM's Publica- ,------------------------------<br />
tion Home Page on their web site,<br />
http ://www.sem/org, or by contacting<br />
SEM directly at 7 School Street, Bethel,<br />
CT D6801. Telephone: +1203790-6373;<br />
FAX: +1 203 790-4472; Email:<br />
pubsales@seml.com. Circle Reader<br />
Service <strong>Number</strong> 50.<br />
ICP Microphone System<br />
lEe Type 1Performance<br />
ModularPanels from Eckel Industries.<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> from machinery and equipment in<br />
manufacturing plants, machine shops, assembly/fabricating<br />
facilities, and paper<br />
and textile mills are said to be effectively<br />
reduced through the use of the<br />
heavy-duty Eckoustic® Modular Panel<br />
(EMP) enclosures and walls engineered<br />
by Eckel Industries, Inc., Acoustic Division.,<br />
Cambridge, Massachusetts. These<br />
free-standing noise control structures can<br />
be easily erected to the desired width and<br />
length dimensions and, for many applications,<br />
in heights up to 24 ft. without any<br />
additional structure supports necessary.<br />
This construction flexibility is possible<br />
due to the wide range of panel sizes and<br />
types that are offered in this latest addition<br />
to the Series C line of EMPs-44<br />
STC acoustic panels. These 4" thick<br />
EMPs are available in a wide variety of<br />
standard widths and heights. The basic<br />
panel components include: standard pan-<br />
With the innovative design of ICP preamplifier, BWSA microphone<br />
system makes sound measurement easy and inexpensive. The<br />
system can be directly connected to any ICP inputs. The best of<br />
all, the system complies with lEG Type 1standard.<br />
MPA 201 Kit US$ 650.00<br />
(Including one unit of MP201 microphone, MA201 ICP<br />
preamplifier and three year replacement warranty by express<br />
delivery)<br />
www.bswa.com<br />
BSWA Technology Co., Ltd.<br />
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Fax: 86-10-6252-5351<br />
Reader Service <strong>Number</strong> 40<br />
Email: bswa@bswa.com.cn<br />
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SPM9613 M<br />
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based on ISO 9613parts I and2<br />
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Features and Extensions:<br />
• MS Windows 95, 98, NT, 3.1 compatible<br />
• Fast setup and calculation times<br />
• Automatic breakdown of large 3-D orline<br />
sources into multiple point sources<br />
• Multiple barriers<br />
• Reflectiom - automatic first image sources<br />
• Ground Attenuation Effects<br />
• Miscellaneous Attenuation (Foliage and<br />
Industrial Sites)<br />
• Extended Octave Band Center Frequency<br />
range - 16 to 8000 Hz<br />
• Source sorting on Aor(-weighted levels<br />
• Graphical capability to assure correct user<br />
inputs including: plan views of equipment,<br />
barriers, foliage orindustrial sites, observer<br />
locations. Source sound power level<br />
spectrum plots &directivity plots, Ground<br />
Hardness Contours &3-D Ground Elevation<br />
• Graphical Output includes: sorted sound<br />
source waterfall plots ateach observer<br />
location and contour plotting on Aor C<br />
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• Customizing services available<br />
Single User Pricing:<br />
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without the need for re-engineering the<br />
productto improveits soundcharacteristics.<br />
In addition,EMPs provide a system<br />
for constructing noise-isolating,<br />
dust-proofin-plantcontrolroomsand offices/workstations.<br />
For more information on the high<br />
acoustic performance, heavy-duty<br />
Eckoustic Modular Panels, contact Mr.<br />
Alan Eckel, Eckel Industries, Inc., 155<br />
Fawcett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.<br />
Telephone: +1 617 491 3221. Circle<br />
Reader Service <strong>Number</strong> 51.<br />
PULSE, One System, Many Solutions.<br />
The most recent addition to the Bruel &<br />
KjerlineofanalyzersistheBruel & Kjer<br />
PULSE platform. This platform is another<br />
example of Briiel & Kjer's determinationto<br />
developthe newproductsour<br />
customers need, products that combine<br />
reliable, high-quality hardware with the<br />
latest developments in noise and vibration<br />
software.<br />
The Bruel & Kjer PULSEplatformis<br />
a multi-channel multi-analyzer residing<br />
on a Windows® NT system.The heart of<br />
the PULSE platform is the PC-based<br />
LabShopsoftware, whichallowsthe user<br />
to defineor modifya "project."An external<br />
front-enddata acquisitionunit, with a<br />
variety of input modules, compliments<br />
this software. Configurations range from<br />
2 channelsto 32 channels,andboth hardwareandsoftwarecanbe<br />
expandedatany<br />
time to meet your growingneeds.<br />
The processing power of the PULSE<br />
platform allows the user to perform simultaneous<br />
FFT, 1/nth octave,and overall<br />
analyses, so the user can gatherall the<br />
information needed for both testing and<br />
troubleshooting. For example, measure<br />
an 800 line FFT and 1/3 octave for one<br />
channel, a 1600-lineFFT for the second<br />
channel, and a 1/12th octave CPB and<br />
overallpeak level for a third channel, all<br />
measuredsimultaneously.<br />
The PULSELabShopsoftwarecomes<br />
with several pre-defined projects for<br />
commontypesof measurements. All that<br />
is needed is to make the minor adjustmentstoeachofthe<br />
setups,andtheuseris<br />
ready to start taking measurements<br />
As the name implies,the PULSE system<br />
is a platform to be expanded. For<br />
those situations where specialized functions<br />
or applications are needed, additional<br />
PULSE software has been developed<br />
to perform such tasks as Order<br />
Analysis, Zwicker Loudness Analysis,<br />
Vold-Kalman Order Tracking, and Sony<br />
DAT Interfacing. PULSEcan also be interfacedwith<br />
severalother Bruel & Kjer<br />
programs for specific applications such<br />
as Sound Quality, Sound Power, Modal<br />
Analysis, on-line sound and vibration<br />
productiontest anda soon-to-be-released<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Source Locationprogram.<br />
For more information, contact Jan<br />
Kildeskov, North American Manager,<br />
Bniel & Kjer Marketing, Spectris Technologies<br />
Inc., 2815 Colonnades Court,<br />
Norcross, GA 30071-1588; telephone: +1<br />
800 332-2040; FAX: +1 770 447-2327.<br />
Circle Reader Service <strong>Number</strong> 52.<br />
Industrial Pressure Sensors From<br />
PCB Piezotronics. Series 121 ICP® industrialpressuresensorsfeaturea<br />
welded<br />
stainlesssteel construction, long life, integral,<br />
machined diaphragm, and a rugged,<br />
industrialTNC connector. Designed<br />
specifically for dynamicindustrialapplications,<br />
these sensors are a more rugged<br />
version of our most popular miniature<br />
quartz sensor. Five standard ranges are<br />
available from 125to 10,000psi. Typical<br />
applications include pressure measurements<br />
in compressors, pumps, hydraulic<br />
systems,andpipenoisemonitoring. They<br />
can also be readily customized to suit a<br />
varietyof specialrequirements.<br />
For additional information on these<br />
sensors, contact the Pressure and Force<br />
Sensors Division of PCB Piezotronics,<br />
Inc., toll free at +I 8886840011; e-mail:<br />
pfssales@pcb.com; or FAX: +1 716686<br />
9129. For other PCB products, contact<br />
PCB directly at +1 716 684 0001 or visit<br />
the web site at www.pcb.com. Circle<br />
Reader Service <strong>Number</strong> 53.<br />
Agreement Signed with Lucent Technologies.<br />
LMS<strong>International</strong> hasagreedto<br />
integrate the Infinite Element Method<br />
(rEM), developed by Lucent Technologies,<br />
Inc., inside the SYSNOISE software.<br />
SYSNOISE predicts the sound<br />
fields radiated from vibrating bodies and<br />
the fluid-structure interaction effects betweenacoustic<br />
mediaandflexible bodies.<br />
The IEM was originallydeveloped by<br />
Dr. David Burnett, a Bell Labs fellow,<br />
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known for his research achievements in<br />
the field of numerical acoustics.<br />
"The strategic decision to partner with<br />
Lucent Technologies will certainly help<br />
LJVIS to further penetrate the underwater<br />
acoustics market," said Peter Van Vooren,<br />
SYSNOISE Marketing Manager, "our<br />
product will be even more effectivein helping<br />
in the design ofquiet navalstructures."<br />
SYSNOISE Rev. 5.4 will include both<br />
Lucent's "unconjugate" IEM and the<br />
LlVIS-developed "conjugate" Infinite-Finite<br />
Element Method (I-FEM).<br />
Offering both conjugate and unconjugate<br />
methods is said to give LMS a competitive<br />
advantage for its acoustic infinite element<br />
user base. Ingeneral, using infinite<br />
elements for acoustic radiation or scattering<br />
calculations leads to very short calculation<br />
times. Therefore, this new infinite<br />
element technology implemented in<br />
SYSNOISE will also benefit users from<br />
other industries such as automotive, aerospace<br />
and consumer electronics users,<br />
where rapid modeling is a key factor in<br />
slashing the time for Computer-Aided<br />
Design Optimization.<br />
Formore information, contact LMS <strong>International</strong><br />
(HQ), Interleuvenlaan 68,<br />
3001 Leuven, Belgium. Telephone: +32<br />
16384200; FAX: +3216384350; Email:<br />
info@lms.be; Web: http://www.lmsintl.<br />
com. Circle Reader Service <strong>Number</strong> 54.<br />
Roadrunner Mobile1. LMS has started<br />
shipping RoadrunnerMobile1, a new addition<br />
to its Roadrunner family of products<br />
optimized for the collection and<br />
analysis of dynamic data in the field. The<br />
Roadrunner Mobile 1 unit comprises up<br />
to 32 data acquisition channels, powerful<br />
red-time signal processing, and extensive<br />
post-processing facilities. All in a<br />
compact frame that can be run from a vehicle<br />
battery in the field, or by ac power<br />
back at base. The software includes time,<br />
frequency, order, and real-time octave<br />
modules, making the product suited to<br />
acoustics, rotating machinery, and structural<br />
testing applications. Data are compatible<br />
with the LMS CADA-X system,<br />
and with the Microsoft Office suite of reporting<br />
tools.<br />
Unlike using a tape recorder for field<br />
work, the operator can perform a data<br />
analysis while still on-site. Any errors<br />
such as an occasional channel overload,<br />
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Reader Service <strong>Number</strong> 15<br />
59
NEW<br />
SLMjRTA<br />
features<br />
DUAL MEASUREMENTS<br />
and<br />
1/1 & 1/3-0ctave RTA<br />
The new, Type 1 portable hand-held<br />
Precision Integrating SLM with 1/1,<br />
1/3 Octave Band Real Time Analyzer<br />
Model NA-27 will give you all the<br />
product or environmental data you<br />
need in a single setup, without the use<br />
of tape recordings.<br />
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Call today.<br />
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or a spurious reading from a rogue transducer,<br />
can be detected and corrected before<br />
return to base. The test strategy can<br />
even be refined while it is still in progress.<br />
Roadrunner Mobile 1 was developed<br />
by LMS Skalar Instruments, a fully<br />
owned LMS subsidiary. The industrial<br />
design is shared with the recently announced<br />
SCADAS III from sister company<br />
LMS Difa Instruments. It consists<br />
of a lightweight, fully ruggedized base<br />
unit that measures only 180x365x440<br />
mm. It accommodates a PC processor, 4<br />
slots for I/O modules, a disc module dedicated<br />
for high-speed data capture, and a<br />
tachometer module. A high-resolution<br />
large flat screen and keyboard are also integrated<br />
with the base unit.<br />
The new Roadrunner Mobile 1 can be<br />
configured with four 4-channel input<br />
modules, providing 100kHz sampling<br />
and 96dB dynamic range. These input<br />
modules support a variety of transducers,<br />
including voltage, ICP®, and microphone.<br />
The system can also be configured<br />
with a new 8-channel input module to increase<br />
the channel count in such a compact<br />
frame.<br />
For more information, contact LMS <strong>International</strong><br />
(HQ), Interleuvenlaan 68,<br />
3001 Leuven, Belgium. Telephone: +32<br />
16384200; FAX: +32 16384350; Email:<br />
info@lms.be; Web: http://www.lmsintl.<br />
com. CircleReaderService<strong>Number</strong>55.<br />
AAC Launches Acoustic Analysis Capability<br />
Available within CATIA. Automated<br />
Analysis Corporation (AAC)<br />
has announced that COMET has been integrated<br />
into CATIA with CAT/COMET.<br />
CAT/COMET is said to have<br />
far-reaching benefits because of its<br />
ease-of-use and total integration of the<br />
design, structure, acoustics and vibration<br />
data. Embedded in the CATIA Analysis<br />
environment, COMET will generate<br />
acoustic analysis solutions using<br />
CATIA's automatic surface meshing.<br />
Users are said to have the advantage of a<br />
consistent interface with easy-to-use<br />
tools to predict and optimize the sound<br />
quality of their products and be able to do<br />
so quickly.<br />
More often now, acoustic evaluations<br />
of products during the development cycle<br />
are done by specialists working apart, but<br />
alongside the product development engineer.<br />
CAT/COMET is designed to facilitate<br />
the transition to acoustic analysis by<br />
the developer. The developer can now<br />
work in the familiar CATIA environment<br />
and be prompted through the necessary<br />
steps to perform an acoustic evaluation.<br />
In many organizations today, the<br />
acoustical analyst does not use the CAD<br />
tools of the product development team.<br />
Often IOES or other file formats translate<br />
data from the CAD geometry to that<br />
needed by the analyst. Such a process is<br />
said to require duplicate efforts, and<br />
make close interaction between the analyst<br />
and developer difficult.<br />
The CAT/COMET product is aimed at<br />
eliminating these difficulties by working<br />
in the CAD environment and facilitating<br />
collaborative efforts among the development<br />
team. This combination permits the<br />
use of the powerful CATIA tools to make<br />
the process even more efficient. Using<br />
CAT/COMET, acoustical analysis can<br />
begin much earlier in the development<br />
cycle and continue throughout.<br />
For further information, contact Kim<br />
A. Novak, Automated Analysis Corporation,<br />
2805 S. Industrial Hwy., Suite 100,<br />
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA. Telephone:<br />
+1 734-973-1000 ext. 215; FAX: +1<br />
734-973-1190; Email: knovak@<br />
autoa.com; Web: http://www.autoa.com.<br />
Circle Reader Service <strong>Number</strong> 56.<br />
New SoundPLAN Brochure and CD<br />
Available. SoundPLAN is software used<br />
worldwide for analyzing noise and air<br />
pollution from industrial plants, rail systems,<br />
airports, inner city transport and<br />
highways. A SoundPLAN CD is now<br />
available for those interested in learning<br />
about the program and those who desire<br />
"hands on" experience using a<br />
SoundPLAN demonstration program.<br />
Along with demo projects, the CD<br />
provides details about SoundPLAN <br />
how it is composed, where it is used, and<br />
how it can be used most efficiently. The<br />
CD has many examples of the graphic capabilities<br />
for which SoundPLAN is well<br />
known. SoundPLAN animations are also<br />
available for viewing. The SoundPLAN<br />
Handbook is part of the CD with information<br />
about documentation and all the international<br />
standards which are included<br />
with each SoundPLAN package. The Information<br />
Center includes distributor<br />
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contact information for our 20+ worldwide<br />
SoundPLAN representatives.<br />
For a copy of the new SoundPLAN<br />
brochure and CD, please contact<br />
Braunstein + Berndt GmbH directly using<br />
their dedicated phone service at +49<br />
7195178828 or FAX +49 719562365, or<br />
at SoundPLAN@CompuServe.com. The<br />
mailing address is Braunstein + Berndt<br />
GmbH, Robert-Bosch-StraBe 5, D-71397<br />
Leutenbach, Germany.<br />
Environmental <strong>Noise</strong> Model Available<br />
Through Scantek, Inc. ScantekInc. has regained<br />
sole distributorship of RTATechnology's<br />
Environmental <strong>Noise</strong> Model. This<br />
computer model is a Windows 95-based<br />
software program that permitsthe modeling<br />
of buildings,baniers, differentsource types,<br />
atmosphere,and terrain.Resultsavailableas<br />
a single point value, plots of A-weighted<br />
sound pressure level with distance, ranking<br />
of noise sources and noise contour plots.<br />
A six-page color brochure describing<br />
the software, used by hundreds of companies<br />
throughout the world, is available.<br />
Scantek, Inc., founded in 1985, provides<br />
instrumentation sales, rental, technical<br />
support, engineering, calibration,<br />
and service for Norsonic and RION instrumentation<br />
and software and for RTA<br />
Technologies and TOPsonic environmental<br />
and airport software.<br />
For further information call or write<br />
Richard 1. Peppin, Scantek, Inc., 916 Gist<br />
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Telephone:<br />
+1 301 495-7738; FAX: +1<br />
495-773; Email: scantek@erols.com.<br />
Circle Reader Service <strong>Number</strong> 57.<br />
Fast Determination of Vehicle Sound<br />
Level per ISO 5130. Scantek, Inc., has<br />
introduced the new Norsonic NOR-I17<br />
Vehicle <strong>Noise</strong> Meter.<br />
The new Nor-l17 vehicle noise meter<br />
is used for the periodic testing of<br />
sound emissions from stationary vehicles<br />
per the recognized ISO 5130<br />
(1982). The standard requires a measure<br />
of the emitted exhaust sound level<br />
at a given engine RPM. The Nor-117<br />
provides a means to eliminate the laborious<br />
connection of a transducer somewhere<br />
in the engine compartment to<br />
determine RPM. The Nor-I 17 extracts<br />
the engine RPM from the acoustic signal<br />
at the exhaust, based on different engine<br />
types. This eliminates the need for<br />
a direct connection and considerably<br />
speeds vehicle tests. The meter is supported<br />
by full calibration facilities at<br />
Scantek, Inc., in Maryland.<br />
For further information call or write:<br />
Richard 1. Peppin, P.E., Scantek, Inc.,<br />
916 Gist Avenue, Silver Spring, MD<br />
20910. Telephone: +1 301 495-7738;<br />
FAX: +1 301 495-7739; Email:<br />
scantek@erols.com. Circle Reader Service<br />
<strong>Number</strong> 58.<br />
Predict sound transmission loss<br />
of walls, floors and ceilings with<br />
Precision Acoustic Measurements<br />
Re uire Precision Micro hones<br />
INSUL<br />
INSUL is an easy to use software tool<br />
for predicting the sound insulation of<br />
simple or complex partitions consisting<br />
of various materials and structural<br />
systems. It can be used to quickly<br />
evaluate new materials and systems or<br />
to investigate the effects of changes to<br />
existing designs. (It models partitions<br />
using theoretical work of Sharp,<br />
:remer and others.) Input is simple and intuitive with drop down<br />
menus and a picture of your construction is shown on screen.<br />
Price $US750 for a single user copy<br />
or $US3500 for a ten user licence<br />
A demonstration disk is available on request.<br />
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World Conference Calendar<br />
This calendar includes major conferences<br />
whichfeatureprograms on noiseand its control.<br />
The working language of each conference<br />
willbe English, unlessotherwise noted.<br />
Thiscalendardoesnot includeseminars, short<br />
courses, workshops and other small,specializedmeetings<br />
whicharelistedelsewhere. The<br />
shadedentriesin thecalendarareconferences<br />
whichare organized or sponsored by I-INCE<br />
orINCElUSA. Entriesforthiscalendararesolicitedfromthe1-INCEMemberSocieties<br />
and<br />
fromotherorganizations. In orderfor a listing<br />
to appearinthiscalendar, information mustbe<br />
provided by the conference organizers concerningthe<br />
sessions plannedfor the technical<br />
programthat will be devoted to noiseand its<br />
control. This is particularly important if the<br />
word noise does not appear in the name or<br />
theme of the conference. Send requests for<br />
listingsof future meetings with requireddetails<br />
to: World Conference Calendar,<br />
INCElUSA, P.O. Box3206Arlington Branch,<br />
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603,USA.FAX+1914<br />
4739325.<br />
An asterisk (*) indicates that sessions<br />
on noise are planned.<br />
<strong>1999</strong> May 17-20<br />
SAE <strong>Noise</strong> & Vibration Conference,<br />
Traverse City, Michigan, USA. Contact:<br />
M. Asensio, <strong>Noise</strong> & Vibration Conference,<br />
SAE, 3001 W. Big Beaver Rd.,<br />
Suite 320, Troy, MI 48084, USA. Telephone:<br />
+1 248 649 0420; FAX: +1 248<br />
6490425.<br />
<strong>1999</strong> June 28-30<br />
1st <strong>International</strong> Congress of the East<br />
European Acoustical Association, S1. Petersburg,<br />
Russia. * Contact: EEAA,<br />
Moskovskoe Shosse 44, S1. Petersburg<br />
196158, Russia. FAX: +7 8121279323.<br />
e-mail: krylspb@sovam.com<br />
<strong>1999</strong> July 05-08<br />
6th <strong>International</strong> Congress on Sound<br />
and Vibration, Lyngby, Denmark. Contact:<br />
F. Jacobsen, Department of Acoustic<br />
Technology, Technical University ofDenmark,<br />
Building 352, DK-2800 Lyngby,<br />
Denmark. Telephone: +45 4588 1622;<br />
FAX: +45 4588 0577.<br />
<strong>1999</strong> November 01-05<br />
138th Meeting of the Acoustical Society<br />
of America, Columbus, Ohio, USA. *<br />
Contact: Elaine Moran, Acoustical Society<br />
of America, 500 Sunnyside Blvd.,<br />
Woodbury, NY 11797, USA. Telephone: +<br />
15165762360; FAX: +15165762377.<br />
e-mail: asa@aip.org<br />
<strong>1999</strong> November 24-26<br />
Australian Acoustical Society Conference<br />
- Acoustics Today*, Melbourne,<br />
Australia. Contact: 1. Barnes, c/o Acoustical<br />
Design Pty., Ltd., 2/72 Bayfield Road,<br />
Bayswater, Victoria 3153, Australia.<br />
<strong>1999</strong> December02-04<br />
ACTIVE 99, tbe <strong>1999</strong> InternatiQIUII<br />
SyQ)posium on Active Control of<br />
SoUnd and Vibration, Fort Lauderdale;<br />
Florida, USA. Contact: Institute of<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering, ~O. Box<br />
3206 Arlingron Branch, Poughkeepsie,<br />
NY12603,VSA. Telephone: + 1 914<br />
4624006; FAX: +19144624006.<br />
e-mail:active99@ince.org<br />
<strong>1999</strong> December 06-08<br />
INTER-NOISE 99, the <strong>1999</strong> .Iaternational<br />
C()ngress on <strong>Noise</strong> Contl'Ol<br />
Engineeering, Fort Lauderdale,<br />
Flonda, ··U$A. Contact: Institute of<br />
<strong>Noise</strong> Conti'91Engineering, P.O. Box<br />
3206ArlingtonBranch,Poughkeepsie,<br />
NY 12603,USA. Telephone: +1914<br />
4624006; FAX: +1 9144624006.<br />
e-mail: internoise99@ince.org<br />
2000 May 30-June 03<br />
139th Meeting of the Acoustical Society<br />
of America, Atlanta, GA, USA. *<br />
Contact: Elaine Moran. Acoustical Society<br />
of America, 500 Sunnyside Blvd.,<br />
Woodbury, NY 1197, USA. Telephone:<br />
+15165762360; FAX: +15165762377.<br />
2000 June 06-09<br />
5th <strong>International</strong> Symposium on<br />
Transport <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration, S1. Petersburg,<br />
Russia. Contact: East-European<br />
Acoustical Association, 196158,<br />
Moskovskoe Shosse 44, S1. Petersburg,<br />
Russia. FAX: +7 8121279323; e-mail:<br />
noise@mail.rcom.ru<br />
2000 August 28-30<br />
INTER-NOISE 2000, the 2000 <strong>International</strong><br />
Congress on <strong>Noise</strong>ControlEngineering,<br />
Nice, France. Contact: M.<br />
Vallet, INRETS-LEN, 25 avenue<br />
Fran~ois Mitterand, Case 24, 69675<br />
Bron Cedex, France. Telephone: +33 04<br />
72142342; FAX: +3304 7214 2480.<br />
e-mail: mvallet@inrets.fr<br />
2000 October 03-05<br />
7th WESTPRAC, Western Pacific Regional<br />
Acoustics Conference,<br />
Kumamoto, Japan. Contact: The<br />
WESTPRAC VII Secretary, Department<br />
of Computer Science, Kumamoto University,<br />
1-39-1 Kurukami, Kumamoto,<br />
860-8555, Japan. Telephone: +8196342<br />
3622; FAX: +81 963423630.<br />
e-mail:<br />
westprac7@cogni.eecs.kumamoto-u.ac.jp.<br />
Internet site: http://<br />
cogni.eecs.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/others/<br />
westprac7<br />
2000 December 04-08<br />
140th Meeting of the Acoustical Society<br />
of America, Newport Beach, CA,<br />
USA. * Contact: Elaine Moran. Acoustical<br />
Society of America, 500 Sunnyside<br />
Blvd., Woodbury, NY 1197, USA. Telephone:<br />
+1 5165762360; FAX: +1 516<br />
5762377.<br />
2001 August 28-30<br />
INTER-NOISE 2001, the 2001 <strong>International</strong><br />
Congress on <strong>Noise</strong> Control<br />
Engineering, The Hague, The<br />
Netherlands. Contact: c/o<br />
Cauberg-Huygen Acoust. Cons., P.O.<br />
Box 480, 6200 AL Maastricht, The<br />
Netherlands. FAX: +31 43 343 8781.<br />
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DIRECTORY OF NOISE CONTROL SERVICES<br />
Information on listings in the Directory of<strong>Noise</strong> Control Services is available from INCEIUSA, P. O. Box 3206<br />
Arlington Branch, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603, USA. The price is USD 325[orfour insertions.<br />
CAVANAUGH TOCCI<br />
ASSOCIATES INC.<br />
Consultants in Acoustics<br />
Architectural Structural Mechanical Environmental<br />
William 1.Cavanaugh, INCE. Bd. Cert.<br />
Gregory C.Tocci, INCE. Bd. Cert.<br />
Timothy 1. Foulkes, INCE. Bd. Cert.<br />
K. Anthony Hoover, INCE. Bd. Cert.<br />
Douglas H. Bell, INCE<br />
327F Boston Post Road<br />
Sudbury, MA 01776, USA<br />
Telephone: ( 508) 443-7871<br />
FAX: (508) 443-7873<br />
CAMPANELLA<br />
ASSOCIATES<br />
DESIGN:<br />
Studios & Music Halls Condos &<br />
Apartments Scientific and Seismic<br />
Equipment Isolation Transportation &<br />
Industrial<strong>Noise</strong> OEM: ACC ULAB<br />
Reference SoundSources<br />
FIELD TESTING:<br />
ASTM, ANSI AMCA, ASHRAE<br />
HUD, FAA Sound Power Intensity<br />
FEM Analysis Services<br />
3201 Ridgewood Drive<br />
Columbus, OH 43026-2453 USA<br />
Telephone: (614) 876-5108<br />
Web: www.Point-and-Click.coml<br />
WYLE LABORATORIES<br />
Over 25 Years in Acoustics...<br />
Research<br />
Engineering<br />
Consulting<br />
Arlington, VA, USA<br />
Telephone: +I 703 4 15 4550<br />
EI Segundo, CA, USA<br />
Telephone: +I 310 322 1763<br />
X2330<br />
SCANTEK, INC.<br />
Sound and Vibration Instrumentation &<br />
Engineering<br />
• Sales, Rentals, Service<br />
• Technical Support<br />
916 Gist Avenue<br />
Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA<br />
Telephone: (30I ) 495-7738<br />
FAX: (301)495-7739<br />
EGGERS INDUSTRIES<br />
Wood Acoustical Products<br />
Manufacturer: Complete line of doors,<br />
panels, and custom products made per<br />
specifications.<br />
• All available foreign and domestic veneers<br />
• Doors and panels tested according to<br />
E90-90 and E4l 3-87<br />
• Single doors up to STC-5I, pairs, with<br />
lites, stile & rail, and more<br />
• Available with fire ratings<br />
164Lake Street<br />
Neenah, WI 54957, USA<br />
Telephone: (414) 722-6444<br />
FAX: (414) 722-0357<br />
RICHARD J. PEPPIN, P.E.<br />
• Board Certified (lNCE)<br />
• Fellow, ASA<br />
Instrumentation<br />
Standards<br />
Testing<br />
BuildingAcoustics<br />
Accreditation<br />
ISO 9000<br />
5012 Macon Road<br />
Rockville, MD 20852<br />
Telephone: (30I) 984-3375<br />
FAX: (301) 984-5762<br />
e-mail: Peppinr@asme.org<br />
ACENTECH INC.<br />
28 Technical Professionals Available for<br />
Collaboration in:<br />
• Architectural, Environmental and<br />
Industrial Acoustics<br />
• <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration Control<br />
• Structural Vibrations and Structure-borne<br />
sound<br />
• Audiovisual, Video and Sound System<br />
Design<br />
Contact Eric E. Ungar, Sc.D., P.E.<br />
INCE/USA Past President<br />
33 Moulton Street<br />
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA<br />
Telephone: (617) 499-8000<br />
CHARLES KULMANN<br />
MotorSports Sound Abatement<br />
Use Permit Mitigation<br />
7415 Gum GroveLane<br />
Vacaville, CA 95688-9653 USA<br />
Telephone: (916) 678-8815<br />
FIREDOOR<br />
CORPORATION<br />
Manufacturers of F1 RESONIC line of<br />
hollow metal acousticdoorassemblies.<br />
• Control sound transmission through<br />
operable doorways - without the lookof<br />
a thick, industrial door.<br />
• Standardmortisedhinges, typical I 3/4"door.<br />
• UL fire ratings up to three hours (A label).<br />
• Tested as an operable, I 3/4" door to<br />
ASTM E-90-90 up to STC 51 rating.<br />
P.O. Box 380878<br />
Miami , FL 33238-0878, USA<br />
Telephone: +I 305 691 1500<br />
FAX: +1 305 836 4797<br />
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COLIN GORDON &<br />
ASSOCIATES<br />
Specializing in Acoustic and<br />
Vibration Solutions<br />
• Design of LowVibration Environments<br />
• Vibration and <strong>Noise</strong>Surveys<br />
• Environmental <strong>Noise</strong> Modelling<br />
• Acoustic and <strong>Noise</strong> Control Design<br />
• <strong>Noise</strong>and Vibration Monitoring<br />
Suite 425<br />
411 Borel Avenue<br />
San Mateo, CA 94402<br />
Tel: 650-358-9577<br />
Fax: 650-358-9430<br />
e-mail: cggordon @aoI.com<br />
WILSON, IHRIG &<br />
ASSOCIATES, INC.<br />
Acoustical Consultants<br />
30 Years Experience in:<br />
• Transportation <strong>Noise</strong> and Vibration<br />
• Architectural. Environmental and Industrial<br />
Acoustics<br />
• Specialized Vibration Services<br />
5776 Broadway<br />
Oakland, CA 94618, USA<br />
Telephone: 510 658-6719<br />
FAX: 510652-4441<br />
RHLYONCORP<br />
Design Solutions for New Products<br />
• Quiet Products:<br />
Program Management<br />
Engineering Design<br />
• SoundQuality:<br />
Market Analysis<br />
Focus Groups & Jury Testing<br />
• Diagnostic Systems:<br />
Manufacturing<br />
Process Control<br />
• TransducerDesign<br />
691 Concord Ave.<br />
Cambridge, MA02138, USA<br />
Telephone: 617 864-7260<br />
FAX: 617 864-0779<br />
HESSLER ASSOCIATES,<br />
INC.<br />
Serving the PowerIndustry<br />
Since 1976<br />
• Ambient, Diagnostic and<br />
Certification Surveys<br />
• Environmental Assessments<br />
• Computer Modeling<br />
• Expert Witness<br />
6400 Wishbone Terrace<br />
Cabin John, MD20818 USA<br />
Tel: 301-229-4900<br />
Fax: 301-320-6714<br />
ADVERTISERS INDEX<br />
ACO Pacific Inc 7, 61<br />
BSWA TechnologyCo 57<br />
CEL Instruments 7, 59<br />
Eckel Industries. Inc. . . . . . . . 3<br />
Industrial Acoustics . . Cover 2<br />
Larson Davis Inc. . Cover 3<br />
LMS Numerical<br />
Technologies . . Cover4<br />
Marshall Day Acoustics. . . . . 61<br />
TheModal Shop Inc. . . . . . . 56<br />
Overly Door Company. . . . . . 7<br />
Power Acoustics 58<br />
Scantek, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 5, 60<br />
ADVERTISING SALES OFFICES<br />
William R. Saunders<br />
Associate Publisher/<br />
Advertising Director<br />
TEL: 212-419-7767<br />
FAX: 212-419-7589<br />
email: w.saunders@ieee.org<br />
Susan E. Schneiderman<br />
Advertising Sales Manager<br />
TEL: 732-562-3946<br />
FAX: 732-981-1855<br />
email: s.schneiderman@ieee.org<br />
Robert Smrek<br />
Production Director<br />
TEL: 732-562-3944<br />
FAX: 732-981-1855<br />
email: r.smrek@ieee.org<br />
Melissa Laudisi<br />
Advertising Production Coordinator<br />
TEL: 732-562-3949<br />
FAX: 732-981-1855<br />
email: m.laudisi@ieee.org<br />
New EnglandINortheast<br />
lMidatlantic<br />
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TEL: 978-499-0900<br />
FAX: 978-499-090 1<br />
email: philm@newburyport.net<br />
Midwest/Central Canada<br />
Karen Mock<br />
TEL and FAX: 217-465-6005<br />
email:mock2 @cwi.comwares.net<br />
West Coast/Southwest/<br />
Western Canada<br />
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TEL: 310-373-9604<br />
FAX: 310-373-8760<br />
email: rfaust3037@aoI.com<br />
Southeast/South Central<br />
IEEE Magazines<br />
TEL: 732-562-3946<br />
FAX: 732-981-1855<br />
email:s.schneiderman @ieee.org<br />
Europe/AsialPacificlLatin America<br />
IEEE Magazines<br />
TEL: 732-562-3946<br />
FAX: 732-981 -1855<br />
email: s.schneiderman@ ieee.org<br />
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