Publications 1996-2000
Theses
J. Evans, "Models for sound propagation in suspensions and emulsions," PhD, The Open University, 1996
N. Harrop, "The exploitation of acoustic-to-seismic coupling for the determination of soil properties,"PhD, The Open University, 1999
S.H.O. Moss, "Acoustic measurements of flowing and quasi-static particulate suspensions," PhD, The Open University, 1997
D.B. Sharp, "Acoustic pulse reflectometry for the measurement of musical wind instruments," PhD, Edinburgh University, 1996. (Download PDF)
S. Taherzadeh, "Sound propagation in inhomgenous media," PhD, The Open University, 1997
Q.Wang, "Atmospheric refraction and propagation over curved surfaces," PhD, The Open University, 1997
Journal Papers
K. Attenborough and K. M. Li (1997), "Ground effect for A-weighted noise in the presence of turbulence and refraction," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102 (2), 1013-1022.
K. Attenborough (1998), "Special issue: Airport and aircraft noise modelling and control," Applied Acoustics 55 (2), 87-87.
K. Attenborough (1999), "Special editorial on technical notes," Applied Acoustics 58 (3), 233-233.
K. Attenborough, O. Umnova and K.M. Li (1999), "Cell Model Calculations of Dynamic Drag Parameters in Packings of Spheres," Submitted to The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
K. Attenborough, O. Umnova and K. M. Li (1999), "A Cell Model for the Acoustical Properties of Packings of Spheres," Submitted to Acta Acustica.
P. Boulanger, T. WatersFuller, K. Attenborough et al. (1997), "Models and measurements of sound propagation from a point source over mixed impedance ground," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102 (3), 1432-1442.
P. Boulanger, K. Attenborough, S. Taherzadeh et al. (1998), "Ground effect over hard rough surfaces," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 104 (3), 1474-1482.
J. M. Evans and K. Attenborough (1997), "Coupled phase theory for sound propagation in emulsions," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102 (1), 278-282.
K.M. Li (1996), "Theory of High-Frequency Sound Propagation in a Spatially Inhomogeneous Medium," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 99 (4), 2006-2012 Part 1.
KM. Li (1996), "Propagation of Sound Above an Impedance Plane in a Downward Refracting Atmosphere," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 99 (2), 746-754.
K. M. Li, S. Taherzadeh, and K. Attenborough (1996), "The Ground Effect For A Dipole Source," Acoustica 82 (S1), S216.
K. M. Li and S. Taherzadeh (1997), "The sound field of an arbitrarily oriented quadrupole near ground surfaces," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102 (4), 2050-2057.
K. M. Li, S. Taherzadeh, and K. Attenborough (1997), "Sound propagation from a dipole source near an impedance plane," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 101 (6), 3343-3352.
K. M. Li, V. E. Ostashev, and K. Attenborough (1998), "The diffraction of sound in a stratified moving atmosphere above an impedance plane," Acustica 84 (4), 607-615.
K. M. Li, S. Taherzadeh, and K. Attenborough (1998), "An improved ray-tracing algorithm for predicting sound propagation outdoors," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 104 (4), 2077-2083.
K. M. Li, Q. Wang, and K. Attenborough (1998), "Sound propagation over convex impedance surfaces," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 104 (5), 2683-2691.
K. M. Li, T. Waters-Fuller, and K. Attenborough (1998), "Sound propagation from a point source over extended-reaction ground," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 104 (2), 679-685.
K.M. Li and Q.Wang (1999), "Surface Waves over a Convex Impedance Surface," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 106 (5), 2345-2357.
K.M. Li and Q.Wang (1999), "Sound Propagation Over Concave Surfaces," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 106 (5), 2358-2366.
S. H. O. Moss and K. Attenborough (1996), "Measurements of the narrow-band decay rates of a gas/particle suspension confined in a cylindrical tube: Relationship to particle concentration," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 100 (4), 1992-2001.
S. H. O. Moss, K. Attenborough, and S. R. Woodhead (1999), "Measured dependence of the attenuation of audio-frequency sound on concentration in flowing particulate suspensions," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E- Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering 213 (E1), 45-56.
D. B. Sharp and D. M. Campbell (1997), "Leak detection in pipes using acoustic pulse reflectometry," Acustica (1997), 83(3), pp.560-566.(Download PDF)
D.B. Sharp (1998), "Increasing the length of tubular object that can be measured using acoustic pulse reflectometry," Measurement Science and Technology (1998), 9(9), pp.1469-1479.(Download PDF)
S. Taherzadeh and K. M. Li (1997), "On the turbulent jet noise near an impedance surface," Journal of Sound and Vibration 208 (3), 491-496.
S. Taherzadeh, K. M. Li, and K. Attenborough (1998), "Some practical considerations for predicting outdoor sound propagation in the presence of wind and temperature gradients," Applied Acoustics 54 (1), 27-44.
S. Taherzadeh and K. Attenborough (1999), "Deduction of ground impedance from measurements of excess attenuation spectra," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 105 (3), 2039-2042.
Q. Wang and K.M. Li (1997), "Analytical Solutions for Outdoor Sound Propagation in the Presence of Wind," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 102 (4), 2040-2049.
Q. Wang and K.M. Li (1998), "A BEM Approach to Assess the Acoustic Performance of Noise Barriers in a Refracting Atmosphere," Journal of Sound and Vibration. 211 (4), 663-681.
Conference Papers
K Attenborough, P Boulanger, S Taherzadeh and K.M. Li (1997), "Rough Surface Ground Effects," in Proc. InterNoise 97, 25-27 August 1997, Budapest, Hungary
J Cullen, D Batty, DM Campbell and DB Sharp (1996), "Acoustical investigation of the cornetto," Proc. of Forum Acusticum, Antwerp, Belgium, 1-4 April 1996; Acustica - Acta Acustica, 82(1), supplement 1, p.183.(Download PDF)
N Harrop and K. Attenborough (1998), "On the reliability of acoustic-to-seismic coupling ratio measurements," In Proc. 3rd Symposium, Bouyoucos Conference on Agroacoustics, November 1998, Tishomingo, Mississippi, US. (Download PDF)
N Harrop and K. Attenborough (2000), "Laser-doppler vibrometer measurements of acoustic-to-seismic coupling in unconsolidated soils," In Proc. Acoustics 2000 Research Into Practice, University of Liverpool 17-18th April 2000. (Download PDF)
K.M. Li, S Taherzadeh, and K Attenborough (1996), "An efficient algorithm for predicting sound propagation at long range in the presence of wind and temperature gradients," Proc. 7th International Symposium on Long Range Sound Propagation, 24-26 July 1996, Lyon, France
SN Malloch, DB Sharp, AM Campbell, DM Campbell and C Trevarthen (1997), "Measuring the human voice : Analysing pitch, timing and voice quality in mother/infant communication," Proc. of the Institute of Acoustics, 19(5), pp.495-500.(Download PDF)
DB Sharp, DM Campbell and A Myers (1996), "Pulse reflectometry as a method of leak detection in historical brass instruments," Proc. of Forum Acusticum, Antwerp, Belgium, 1-4 April 1996; Acustica - Acta Acustica, 82(1), supplement 1, p.188.(Download PDF)
DB Sharp, A Myers and DM Campbell (1996), "Improvements in the resolution of bore reconstruction of brass musical instruments by pulse reflectometry," Proc. of the Institute of Physics Annual Congress, Telford, UK, 23-25 April 1996; p.31.(Download PDF)
DB Sharp, A Myers and DM Campbell (1997), "Using pulse reflectometry to compare the evolution of the cornet and the trumpet in the 19th and 20th centuries," Proc. of the Institute of Acoustics, 19(5), pp.541-548.(Download PDF)
DB Sharp and DM Campbell (1998), "Measuring longer tubular objects using acoustic pulse reflectometry," Proc. of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, Washington, USA, 20-26 June 1998; vol.II, pp.1165-1166. [Abstract: JASA (1998), 103(5), part 2, p.2880](Download PDF)
DB Sharp, TJ MacGillivray, W Ring, JM Buick and DM Campbell (1998), "Acoustical comparison of bassoon crooks," Proc. of the International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Leavenworth, Washington, USA, 26 June - 1 July 1998; pp.209-214.(Download PDF)
DB Sharp, A Shawcross and CA Greated (1998), "Effect of surface waves on buoyant plumes," Proc. of the 11th Annual Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, 10 June 1998; p.6. (Download PDF)
DB Sharp and J Buick (1999), "Measurement of musical wind instruments using acoustic pulse reflectometry," Proc. of the Institute of Acoustics, 21(3), pp.191-198.(Download PDF)
DB Sharp, HAK Wright and W Ring (1999), "The effect of crook profile on the perceived playing properties of the bassoon," Proc. of Forum Acusticum, Berlin, Germany, 14-19 March 1999; Acustica - Acta Acustica, 85(1), supplement 1, p.291.(Download PDF)
DB Sharp, A Shawcross and CA Greated (1999), "LIF Measurement of the effect of surface waves on buoyant plumes," Proc. of the 8th Int. Conference on Laser Anemometry Advanced and Applications. Rome Sep 6-8 1999, pp401-408.(Download PDF)
D.B.Sharp and C.Germond (2000), "The Design and Operation of a Computer-Controlled System for Measuring Complex Input Impedance," Proc. of the Institute of Physics Annual Congress, Brigton, UK, 27-30 March 2000; p.58. (Download PDF)
S Taherzadeh and K.M. Li (1996)"On the Sound Pressure of a Quadrupole Above an Impedance Ground," In Proceedings of Internoise 96, 30 July-2 Aug. 1996, pp645-651.
S Taherzadeh, KM Li, K Attenborough (1998), "An innovative approach to predict sound field in a complex outdoor environment," ASA/ICA 98, 20-26 June 1998, Seattle, USA.
S Taherzadeh, KM Li, and K Attenborough (1998), "Sound Propagation in a refracting atmosphere above an uneven impedance boundary," 8th Symposium on Long Range Sound Propagation, Sep. 98, ARL, Penn State University, PA, USA.