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Wave Motion _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5
Resonance 9
Sound 15
Supersonic Speed and Mach Number 23
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The amplitude (A) of the wave is the greatest displacement from the rest position. The
amplitude is shown in figure 5.2.
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Another distance that we will need in our discussion of waves is the wavelength, A. (Greek letter
lambda). The wavelength is defined as the distance from one point on the wave pattern to the
next point in a similar position. The distance from the top of a crest to the top of the next crest is
a wavelength. Also the distance from the bottom of one trough to the bottom of the next trough
is also the same distance, one wavelength. The distance A. is also shown in the diagram.
Let us next consider sinusoidal wave motion impressed on a very long flexible cord by an
oscillating body. Assume that the oscillating body is a sphere attached to a vertical spring.
After the spring has been oscillating for some time, the physical situation is as shown in figure
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Let us suppose that the oscillating body completes 6 oscillations in one second. It follows that
the time for one oscillation is one-sixth of a second.
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impressed on the body, it will vibrate with a relatively
Figure 5.4: Normal modes of vibration
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1. A water wave has a wavelength of 0.9 ft. and the wave speed is 4.5ft/sec. What is the
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Sound waves are usually defined as pressure waves in air or in some other material medium.
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or the periodic rotation of a plane's propeller.
As the source of sound vibrates, the air surrounding the source is periodically compressed and
rarefied (made less dense). This periodic change in the atmospheric pressure moves forward
with a definite speed of propagation called the "speed of sound".
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glass and cause the glass to vibrate with such amplitude that it would shatter! Try it sometime!
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Let us look in more detail at how to set up standing waves. We set off a short wave on a slinky
which has been firmly fixed at its far end. Assume that the wave consists of one and a half
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At this point, the wave can travel no further forwards and is reflected back. This means that the
o velocity has changed sign. In addition, the phase of the wave has changed. If the displacement
of the forward wave is upwards at the instant of time when it reaches the far end, then its
displacement is downwards on reflection. This makes sense. At the fixed end, the displacement
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waves. But, eventually, we see the reflected wave emerge complete and pass back along the
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o one given medium fixed at each end only certain sized waves can stand. We say, therefore, that
the medium is tuned.
o The first pattern has the longest wavelength and is called the first harmonic. It is also called the
fundamental.
o The second pattern, or second harmonic, has half the wavelength and twice the frequency of
the first harmonic. This second harmonic is also called the first overtone. This can get confusing
with the second member of the harmonic group being called the first member of the overtone
group.
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overtone naming conventions described in the above paragraph.
Depending upon how the string is plucked or bowed, different harmonics can be emphasized. In
the above animation all harmonics have the same maximum amplitude.
This is for purposes of illustration. Actually, the higher harmonics almost always have maximum
amplitudes much less than the fundamental, or first harmonic.
It is the fundamental frequency that determines the note that we hear. It is the upper harmonic
structure that determines the timber of the instrument.
Beats
Suppose we tune two strings of a guitar to vibrate at almost, but not quite, the same frequency.
Plucked simultaneously, the volume of the sound produced by them appears to rise and fall
continuously. This rise and fall has a fixed frequency called the beat frequency. What is
happening is that the sound waves produced by the two guitar strings interfere and our ears
detect the variation of the resultant intensity. Maximum intensity is heard when the waves add
together (interfere constructively) and minimum intensity is heard when the waves cancel each
other out (interfere destructively).
We can see what is happening by adding together the two separate waves as shown in the
diagram below. The resultant, obtained by the principle of superposition, is shown.
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o sound all "pile up" and a very strong V-shaped pressure "bow-wave" is produced. A sonic boom
results as this strong pressure ridge reaches the earth.
o The Mach number is the ratio of the speed of the plane (vo) to the speed of sound (v). If a plane
is travelling at 1.000 MPH and the local speed of sound is 750 MPH. the Mach number is
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o The effect is present for all wave motion. However, we will describe it for sound waves since it is
most easily understood for a case where it can be observed (heard might be a better word).
o Whenever you have stood on a railway platform and a train blows its whistle as it approaches,
o passes, and recedes, you have heard the Doppler effect. In this case, the sound suddenly
changes from a higher pitch (frequency) as the source of sound approaches to a lower pitch as
the source of sound recedes from your ear at rest on the station platform. The change in pitch
occurs at the instant the train passes. Before this instant the source of sound was approaching
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