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Sound
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Sound Waves
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Speed of Sound
In gas: the speed of sound depends on the composition and is proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature,
Medium
Speed (m/s)
Air
343
Helium
1000
Water
1480
Steel
5790
Comparison of speed in solid, liquid, gas, helium is fun here.
T in Kelvin
T = 0 0C or 273 K
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Intensity and Pitch
For Sound Waves
I = p02 / (2 r v) (po is the pressure amplitude)
Proportional to p02
Loudness
Loudness perception is logarithmic
Threshold for hearing I0 = W/m2
b = (10 dB) log10 ( I / I0)
b2 – b1 = (10 dB) log10(I2/I1)
Pitch
Perception of frequency
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Decibels
Sound intensity level 
 = (10 dB) log10 ( I / I0)
Units: Bels
A ratio of 107 indicates a sound intensity of 7 bels or 70 decibels (dB)
An intensity of 0 dB corresponds to the hearing threshold
Intensity increase by factor 10  intensity level adds 10 dB
Adding 3 dB to the intensity level doubles the intensity (log102=0.3)
Alexander Graham Bell
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Question
If 1 person can shout with loudness 50 dB. How loud will it be when 100 people shout?
A) 52 dB B) 70 dB C) 150 dB
b100 – b1 = (10 dB) log10(I100/I1)
b100 = 50 + (10 dB) log10(100/1)
b100 =
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Standing Sound Waves
Pipe open at both ends
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Standing Sound Waves
Pipe open at one end
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9. Standing Waves in Pipes
Open at both ends:
Pressure node at end
l = 2 L / n n=1,2,3, ...
Open at one end:
Pressure antinode at closed end: l = 4 L / n
n=1,3,5, ...
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Organ Pipe Example
A 0.9 m organ pipe (open at both ends) is measured to have it’s n=2 harmonic at a frequency of 382 Hz. What is the speed of sound in the pipe?
Pressure node at each end.
l = 2 L / n n=1,2,3..
l = L for n=2 harmonic
f = v / l
v = f l
= (382 s-1 ) (0.9 m)
= 343 m/s
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iClicker
What happens to the fundamental frequency of a closed pipe, if the air (v=343 m/s) is replaced by helium (v=972 m/s)?
A) Increases B) Same C) Decreases
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Timbre
Fourier decomposition
Fundamental + Overtones
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13. Superposition & Interference
Consider two harmonic waves A and B meeting at x=0.
Same amplitudes, but 2 = 1.15 x 1.
The displacement versus time for each is shown below:
A(1t)
B(2t)
What does C(t) = A(t) + B(t) look like?
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14. Superposition & Interference
Consider two harmonic waves A and B meeting at x=0.
Same amplitudes, but 2 = 1.15 x 1.
The displacement versus time for each is shown below:
A(1t)
B(2t)
CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE
DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE
C(t) = A(t) + B(t)
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Beats
Add two cosines and remember the identity:
where
and
cos(Lt)
Beat Frequency:
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16. Doppler Effect Moving Source
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17. Doppler Effect Moving Source
When source is coming toward you (vs > 0)
Distance between waves decreases
Frequency increases
When source is going away from you (vs < 0)
Distance between waves increases
Frequency decreases
fo = fs / (1- vs/v)
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iClicker
A police car passes you with its siren on. The frequency of the sound you hear from its siren after the car passes
A) Increases B) Decreases C) Same
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19. Doppler Effect Moving Observer
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20. Doppler Effect Moving Observer
When moving toward source (vo < 0)
Distance between waves decreases
Frequency increases
When away from source (vo > 0)
Distance between waves increases
Frequency decreases
fo = fs (1- vo/v)
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21. Moving Observer and Source
Combine: fo = fs (1-vo/v) / (1-vs/v)
A: You are driving along the highway at 65 mph, and behind you a police car, also traveling at 65 mph, has its siren turned on.
B: You and the police car have both pulled over to the side of the road, but the siren is still turned on.
In which case does the frequency of the siren seem higher to you?
A) Case A B) Case B C) same vs f vo f’ v
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