January 2024 JASA Cover

The January cover of JASA is now available! Check it out:

The cover image is Figure 1, of “Microstructure-based modeling to characterize low pore density open-cell foams and its experimental validation,” by Swati Sachan and Sripriya Ramamoorthy. The top portion features the unit cell of a body-centered-cubic microlattice and the 3D periodic sample created by its spatial repetition, while the bottom shows samples of varying pores per inch.

Some other research was also highlighted on the January JASA cover:

All the articles from the cover are free to read for a month after the cover is released, so be sure to check them out! You can find the whole issue at https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/issue/155/1.

Dec JASA Cover

December 2023 JASA Express Letters Cover

The December JASA Express Letters cover features depictions of non-reciprocal Willis monatomic lattices. The cover images were created by the author of “Brillouin-zone definition in non-reciprocal Willis monatomic lattices,” Hasan B. Al Ba’ba’a. This article is also part of the Joint Special Issue on Wave Phenomena in Periodic, Near-Periodic, and Locally Resonant Systems.

This month’s issue also included a couple of Editor’s Pick you don’t want to miss:

Browse the rest of the issue at https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/issue/3/12.

Dec JASA Express Letters cover

December 2023 JASA Cover

The December cover of JASA is now available! Check it out:

The cover image is Figures 2, panel c, of “Assessment of modal density and free path distribution in central-planned halls,” by Giulia Fratoni, Massimo Garai, and Dario D’Orazio. ASA Editor-in-Chief Jim Lynch says about the feature article:

“Having recently heard an excellent lecture on ‘The Bells of Falmouth’ by retired Woods Hole Oceanographic engineer Ken Peal (yes, that’s the correct name), I became again interested in the modal patterns of bells and nearly circular reflecting rooms. The article ‘Assessment of modal density and free path distribution in central-planned halls,’ by Fratoni et al fits in that category, and presents an interesting acoustic study of three historic nearly circular rooms using both ray and mode theory. This should be a fun article for all acousticians to read.”

Some other research was also highlighted on the December JASA cover:

All the articles from the cover are free to read for a month after the cover is released, so be sure to check them out! You can find the whole issue at https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/issue/154/6.

Dec JASA Cover

Winter Issue of Acoustics Today now out!

The winter issue of Acoustics Today is now out! The cover features a photo of David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, taken by Paul H. Scarbrough. The related article discusses the 60-year process to make the hall “finally possess acoustics worthy of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra” (pg. 41).

Other topics in this issue:

  • Free reed instruments, a class of reed-based wind instruments where a reed swings freely through an open frame to generate a sound
  • Harnessing the renewable power contained in ocean waves and currents and converting it to electricity
  • How computers understand human speech
  • A history of stage acoustics, from the musicians’ perspective

Plus there’s an interview with Andy Piacsek of Central Washington University, an update on the Acoustical Society Foundation Fund, and an essay on how to be an effective leader in acoustics.

If you don’t want to wait for your print copy to arrive in the mail, you can check out the entire issue online!

Acoustics Today Winter 2023

November 2023 JASA Express Letters Cover

The November JASA Express Letters cover features a depiction of four autonomous stations used for taking acoustical measurements of the SLS Artemis-I mission. The image comes from the article, “Sound power of NASA’s lunar rockets: Space Launch System versus Saturn V,” by Makayle S. Kellison and Kent L. Gee.

This month’s issue also included an Editor’s Pick you don’t want to miss: “Tidal modulation of very-low-frequency and ultra-low-frequency ambient noise levels,” by Anthony I. Eller, Kevin D. Heaney, and David L. Bradley.

Browse the rest of the issue at https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/issue/3/11.

JASA-EL cover - November