Scientific and engineering problems facing Polish acousticians fifty years ago

• Autorzy: Malecki I.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

After the II World War's of awful destruction of the whole country, material goods, and its population, but in the same time the common will of the nation to rebuild the ruins, to develope the home industry and to assure acceptable conditions for every-day life created the unique historical chance to undertake the huge engineering and technological tasks. The polish acousticians played a modest nevertheless significant role in the solution of the problems related with the realization of these tasks. Polish acoustics has the tradition of the research activities since the beginning of the thirties, mainly in the field of the architectural and physiological acoustics. During the occupation time the polish acoustics suffered the hard loss a number of acousticians did not survived or emigrated abroad, however some theoretical research was pursued. An important fact for the future was that the lectures related with acoustics and electroacoustics were continued at the electrotechnique and architecture faculties of the underground Warsaw Technical University. In spite of everything, just after the war several young acousticians supported by the students of the newly founded or old universities were able to participate in the national efforts of rebuilding the ruins. First off all they continued to carry on the intensive efforts required of acoustics concerning the definite solutions of the key engineerings problems to be taken into account by engineers, planners, economists and the local and central authorities. To fulfill this role of the advisers the home scientific research in the field of acoustics had to be initiated and developed, as the essential basis for the adequate treatment of the engineering problems, all the more that the west-european and american experiences e.g. in building acoustics were not fully applicable for the specific local conditions. Four engineering problems closely related with acoustics were of crucial importance for the rebuilding of the country fifty years ago: 1) town planning, 2) dwelling houses construction, 3) public halls design, 4) noise control in industry.

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2000
• Tom: Vol. 25, no. 1
• Strony: 103--109
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Malecki I.

• Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Fundamental Technological Research

Bibliografia

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