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ACOUSTICS 2012: A “GRAND CRU NANTAIS”
A scientific conference cannot be held without a meticulous selection of abstracts carried out by
the Technical Committee composed of SFA and IOA Scientific Chairmen of respective specialized
groups. The 836 papers have been distributed within 61 structured sessions, 12 general sessions
and 15 «poster» sessions. The most represented topics in the congress are:
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Physical Acoustics and Underwater Acoustics (2 general sessions, 13 structured sessions and
6 «poster» sessions)
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Noise and Vibration Engineering (1 general session, 9 structured sessions and 1 «poster»
session)
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Musical Acoustics (1 general session, 9 structured sessions and 1 «poster» session)
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Architectural and Building Acoustics (2 general sessions, 6 structured sessions and 1 «poster»
session)
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Environmental Noise (7 structured sessions and 1 «poster» session)
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Aero and Hydro-acoustics (1 general session and 6 structured sessions)
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Measurement and Instrumentation (1 general session, 5 structured sessions and 1 «poster»
session)
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Electroacoustics (4 structured sessions and 1 «poster» session)
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Sound Perception (1 general session, 2 structured sessions and 1 «poster» session)
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Hearing and Speech (1 general session and 1 «poster» session)
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Animal Bioacoustics (1 general session and 1 «poster» session)
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Education in Acoustics (1 general session).
In this special issue of “Acoustique & Techniques” we present a representative sample of papers
dealing with the main topics of the conference among the most familiar to readers of this maga-
zine.
We have selected several contributions from the following areas:
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Musical Acoustics, highlighting two studies, one on the voice and the other on an antique
musical instrument;
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Electroacoustics through two contributions, on a new impedance sensors for industrial appli-
cations and a second on the study of modal equalization in rooms at low frequency with electroa-
coustic absorbers;
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Instrumentation and Signal Processing through an article on an automatic method for detec-
ting defaults in the measurement chain of a sound level meter;
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Vibroacoustics through two studies. The first one deals with a new techniques for sound
sources identification and, the other using the ray-tracing method for predicting the insertion loss
of enclosures;
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Environmental Acoustics through two contributions related on one hand to the prediction of
outdoor sound propagation using a time-domain method and on the other hand, to physical and
perceptual characterization of road traffic noises in urban areas;
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Bioacoustics, a contribution on a fully automatic wildlife monitor and survey system.
We hope that regular “Acoustique & Techniques” readers enjoy reading these papers and, possi-
bly, discover new fields in Acoustics.
Finally, we would like to thank again all those who have given their precious time to help us in the
material and scientific organization of this conference and also to acknowledge our local partners:
The “Pays de la Loire” Region, “Nantes Métropole”, Ifsttar, DCNS Research, the Université du Maine
and CNRS for financial support that greatly contributed to the success of this event.
Michel Bérengier and Keith Attenborough
Co-Chairmen of the Acoustics 2012 Conference
Bertrand Dubus
Président of the Societé Française d’Acoustique
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