MUSICAL ACOUSTICS WAVES Science of Sound, Chapter 3
WAVE PROPERTIES: Reflection Refraction Interference Diffraction Doppler Shift WHAT IS A WAVE? Waves are disturbances that transport energy and information through a medium (but the medium itself is not transported). Waves can be longitudinal (e.g. sound waves) or transverse (e.g. waves on a string or water waves). ttp:// au/ // u/
Traveling wave on a rope Reflection of a pulse: at a fixed end at a free end Mirror image of an impulsive wave approaching: A plane mirror (left) A corner mirror (right)
REFLECTION OF AN IMPULSIVE WAVE At a fixed end At a free end
SUPERPOSITION OF WAVE PULSES
INTEFERENCE OF TWO IDENTICAL WAVES ON A STRING At times t 1 and t 5 there is constructive interference; at time t 3 there is destructive interference. Note that at points marked N, the displacement is always zero; this represents a STANDING WAVE
REFLECTION OF PRESSURE (SOUND) PULSE
SPEED OF SOUND IN IDEAL GAS
OCEAN WAVES WHEN THE WAVE ENTERS SHALLOW WATER IT SLOWS DOWN AND ITS HEIGHT INCREASES
DOPPLER EFFECT
REFLECTION – WATER WAVES
REFLECTION – SOUND WAVES
REFRACTION
TWO MEDIUMS
REFRACTION THROUGH A PRISM ANGLE OF INCIDENCE
IMAGES FORMATION BY LENSES REFRACTION OF LIGHT BY WATER
REFLECTION
REFRACTION
INTERFERENCE OF WAVES FROM TWO IDENTICAL SOURCES
INTERFERENCE OF WATER WAVES
DIFFRACTION OF WATER WAVES BY A SLIT
DIFFRACTION
DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT BY A PIN
DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT BY A SCREW
DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT BY A RAZOR BLADE
DIFFRACTION BY A SINGLE SLIT
DIFFRACTION
DIFFRACTION OF WATER WAVES
DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT AND SOUND WAVES
SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF A WHITE LED
LED SPECTRAL RESPONSE CURVE