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Noise Management and Control

About the course

This course is intended for all those who want to understand noise, its control, and its management. Thus, the course is open to students of engineering and science, and also to all those who from the industry and research organizations – who are working in area of sound, NVH and acoustics. Each lecture will be followed by a quiz, which will help student the concepts better, and gain deeper insights to measurement process. The course is fairly generic so that there is no need for a particular background. Rather, what is needed is openness, and ability to learn and check out new ideas with comfort.

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Final Exam (in-person, invigilated, currently conducted in India) is mandatory for Certification and has INR Rs. 1100 as exam fee.


Intended Audience
UGs, PGs, professionals in industry who want to learn about basics of sound and acoustics

Prerequisites
Must be enrolled into a B. Tech. program or equivalent and should have completed at least second year of his 4-year program.

Industries that will recognize this course
Automotive, NVH, Acoustics, Railways, Power Generation and all industry that has to address issues related to noise.

1298 students have enrolled already!!

Course instructor



Dr. Nachiketa Tiwari is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur. He has extensive experience in area of acoustics and noise. Earlier, he worked for over 13 years at the R&D Headquarters Bose Corporation in Massachussetts. 

Dr. Tiwari has developed several courses on noise, acoustics, and NVH. He has been engaged in several noise and vibration related projects to fulfill the needs of India’s industry as well as research organizations. He has established Dhwani, an Acoustics Lab at IITK, which is one of the best in the country.

Course layout


Week 1: Intro and terminology


Week 2: Concept Review


Week 3: Wave Mechanics


Week 4: 1-D Waves


Week 5: Spherical Waves


Week 6: Noise Measurement


Week 7: Noise Sources


Week 8: Noise Sources


Week 9: Acoustic Criteria & Room Acoustics


Week 10: Room Acoustics & Silencers


Week 11: Silencers & Vibration Isolation


Week 12: Vibration isolation & Case Studies.


Suggested Reading

1. Acoustics by Beranek
2. Industrial Noise Control & Acoustics, Barron 
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
  • The exam is optional for a fee.
  • Date of Exams : October 28 (Sunday)
  • Time of Exams : Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
  • Exam for this course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
  • Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:

  • Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
  • 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of  Best 8 out of 12 assignments
  • E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.