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Phy109: Engineering Physics Unit V: Waves
Phy109: Engineering Physics Unit V: Waves
Phy109: Engineering Physics Unit V: Waves
Unit V: Waves
Deepak Kaushik
Department of Physics
School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences
Lovely Professional University, Punjab.
deepak.23309@lpu.co.in
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Waves
Transverse: Longitudinal:
Light Sound
• Ultrasonic Production
Magnetostriction Method
Piezoelectric Method
• Applications of Ultrasonics
• Worked Problems
➢ The shape of the wave can vary widely depending on the situation. A short and sharp
jerk to the free end of a string anchored to the wall at the other end, creates a hump
to propagate through the string. Such a wave is called a pulse.
𝜕2𝑓 1 𝜕2𝑓
2
= 2
𝜕𝑥 𝜐 𝜕𝑡 2
the solution of the wave equation has form: 𝑓 = 𝐴 sin 𝑘𝑥 − 𝜔𝑡 = 𝐴 sin 𝑘 𝑥 − 𝜐𝑡
• Phase (𝜙): is the argument of the function. It determine the initial position and
velocity of the wave. 𝜙 = 𝑘𝑥 − 𝜔𝑡
• Time Period (𝑇): is the time required for the wave to travel a distance of one wavelength or
time required to complete one oscillation; 𝜆 = 𝜐𝑇
1
• Frequency (𝜈): is the number of cycles (vibrations) completed per second => 𝜈 =
𝑇
𝜕𝜙
• Angular Frequency (𝜔): represents the rate of change of phase with time =>𝜔 = = 2𝜋𝜈
𝜕𝑡
𝜕𝜙 2𝜋
• Wavevector (𝑘): is the rate of change of phase with distance => 𝑘 = =
𝜕𝑥 𝜆
• Light waves
• Waves on a string
• Television waves
• Microwaves
Longitudinal wave: Propagation of the wave along the direction particles vibration or
disturbance.
• Sound wave
• Vertical spring under tension
Interference
• Standing waves: is formed as result of superposition of two waves having same wavelength,
frequency and amplitude, and travelling in opposite directions.
𝑦1 = asin 𝑘𝑥 − 𝜔𝑡 (travelling in +x direction); 𝑦2 = asin 𝑘𝑥 + 𝜔𝑡 (travelling in -x direction)
The resultant wave (interference of waves travelling in opposite direction) is standing waves:
𝑦 = 2asin 𝑘𝑥)cos(𝜔𝑡
𝜋
The resultant is maximum; 𝑦 = 2acos(𝜔𝑡) for 𝑘𝑥 = 𝑛 where 𝑛 = 1,3 …
2
2𝜋
On substituting 𝑘 = ; we get,
𝜆
𝜆
𝑥=𝑛
4
𝜆
Thus, the difference between the position of two consecutive maxima of standing wave is .
2
In standing waves, over a period of time no net energy is carried in any direction.
𝜈1 − 𝜈2 𝜈1 + 𝜈2
𝑦 = 2acos 2𝜋 𝑡 sin 𝑘𝑥 − 2𝜋 𝑡
2 2
As, the intensity of the wave is proportional to the square of the amplitude, thus
𝜈1 − 𝜈2 2
I ∝ 2 acos 2𝜋 𝑡 = 2𝑎2 1 + cos 2𝜋 𝜈1 − 𝜈2 𝑡
2
1
The beat frequency is 𝜈1 − 𝜈2 and time period of beat is .
𝜈1 −𝜈2
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y1
f=11 Hz
Nellaiappar temple y2
f=9 Hz
f1=1 Hz
f2=10 Hz
Vittala temple
• The sound waves having frequencies above the audible range i.e. above 20,000 Hz are called ultrasonic
waves.
• The field of ultrasonics have applications for imaging, detection and navigation, medical, industry and
military.
1) Subsonic or Infrasonic waves: Frequency less than the lower limit (20 Hz) of audible range of humans.
Produced during Earthquakes.
2) Sonic or Audible waves: The human ear can perceive the sound waves of frequency ranging from 20
Hz to 20 KHz are known as audible waves. Produced by music instruments such as violin and guitar.
3) Ultrasonic waves: The sound waves having frequencies greater than the upper limit of the audible
range (i.e., above 20 KHz ) are known as supersonic or ultrasonic waves. Dogs can hear up to 50 kHz
whereas bats can sense up to 100 kHz.
• Just like ordinary sound waves, ultrasonic waves get reflected, refracted and absorbed
but not polarized.
• They can be transmitted over large distances with no appreciable loss of energy.
• This forms the resonant circuit of the collector Design of Magnetostriction oscillator
tuned oscillator. The frequency of oscillator is
controlled by the variable capacitor.
1
𝜈=
2𝜋 𝐿1 𝐶
• This alternating current flowing through the coil L1 produces an alternating magnetic
field along the length of the rod. The result is that the rod starts vibrating due to
magnetostriction effect.
1 𝑌
𝜈=
2𝑙 𝜌
Where, l = length of the rod, Y = Young’s modulus of the rod and = density of rod
• The capacitor C is adjusted so that the frequency of the oscillatory circuit is equal to
natural frequency of the rod and thus resonance takes plate.
• Now the rod vibrates longitudinally with maximum amplitude and generates ultrasonic
waves of high frequency from its ends.
• Advantages
1.The design of this oscillator is very simple and its production cost is low.
2. Magnetostrictive or ferromagnetic materials are easily available and inexpensive.
3.At low ultrasonic frequencies, the large power output can be produced without
the risk of damage of the oscillatory circuit.
• Disadvantages
1.It has low upper frequency limit and cannot generate ultrasonic frequency above 3
MHz (i.e. 3000 kHz).
2.It is not possible to get a constant single frequency, because rod depends on
temperature and the degree of magnetization.
3.There will be losses of energy due to hysteresis and eddy current.
4.In order to produce high frequency ultrasonic waves, length of the rod should be
reduced in resonance condition which is not practically feasible.
where P = 1, 2, 3,.… etc. for fundamental, first over tone, second over tone etc.,
Y = Young’s modulus of the crystal and ρ = density of the crystal.
• The variable condenser C1 is adjusted such that the frequency of the applied AC voltage is equal to
the natural frequency of the quartz crystal, and thus resonance takes place.
• The vibrating crystal produces longitudinal ultrasonic waves of large amplitude.
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Advantages
Ultrasonic frequencies as high as 5×108 Hz (500 MHz) can be obtained with this
arrangement.
The output of this oscillator is very high.
It is not affected by temperature and humidity.
Disadvantages
3. Kundt’s tube: The tube is a long glass tube supported horizontally with an air column in it. A
horizontal rod is clamped at the centre of the tube. The tube contains lycopodium powder
scattered in it. When the ultrasonic waves are passed through the tube, the lycopodium powder
collects in the form of heaps which are found to be situated at the nodal points whereas the
powder is found to be blown off at the antinodal points. The average distance between two
adjacent heaps gives rise to the value of half wavelength from which the wavelength of the
waves can be calculated. The method cannot be applied if the wavelength of the ultrasonic wave
is very small i.e. less than a few millimeters.
If the average distance between the adjacent heaps is d and the frequency of the ultrasonic
waves is f, then the velocity of the wave is given by
𝜐 = 2𝑓𝑑
This is because 𝜐 = 𝑓𝜆 and 𝜆 = 2𝑑 Heaps of Powder
Kundt’s tube
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Attenuation of Ultrasonic waves
• As the ultrasonic wave propagates through the medium the a part of its energy is converted
into heat due to the alternative compression and rarefaction taken place in the wave and
hence the intensity goes down.
• Compression produce heat that increases the temperature of the medium whereas
rarefaction decrease the temperature, leading to the absorption of the waves and the wave is
said to be attenuated.
• Two mechanisms are responsible for the attenuation:
• Absorption
The mechanisms responsible for the absorption are thermal conductance effect, chemical effect,
viscous effect and nonlinearity.
In liquid, viscous forces between the neighboring particles moving with a different velocities are
responsible for the absorption.
In homogeneous solids, viscoelastic forces are the main cause of wave absorption.
𝑝 = 𝑝0 𝑒 −𝛼𝑧
𝐼 = 𝐼0 𝑒 −2𝛼𝑧
𝑝0 and 𝐼0 are the pressure and intensity amplitude, 𝛼 is attenuation coefficient which depends
on frequency. The unit of 𝛼 is cm-1.
• Industrial Applications:
• Welding
• The properties of some metals change on heating and therefore,
such metals cannot be welded by electric or gas welding.
• In such cases, the metallic sheets are welded together at room
temperature by using ultrasonic waves.
• For this purpose, a hammer H is attached to a powerful ultrasonic
generator.
• The metallic sheets to be welded are put together under the
tip of hammer H.
• The hammer is made to vibrate ultrasonically. As a result, it
presses the two metal sheets very rapidly and the molecules
of one metal diffuse into the molecules of the other.
• Thus, the two sheets get welded without heating. This
process is known as cold welding.
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• Industrial Applications:
• Soldering
• Metals like aluminium cannot be directly soldered. However, it is possible to solder
such metals by ultrasonic waves.
• An ultrasonic soldering iron consists of an ultrasonic generator having a tip fixed at its
end which can be heated by an electrical heating element.
• The tip of the soldering iron melts solder on the aluminum and the ultrasonic vibrator
removes the aluminum oxide layer.
• The solder thus gets fastened to clear metal without any difficulty.
• Industrial Applications:
• Cleaning –
It is the most cheap technique employed for cleaning various parts of the machine,
electronic assembles, armatures, watches etc., which cannot be easily cleaned by other
methods.
• Ultrasonic cutting and machining
• Detection of flaws in metals (Non Destructive Testing –NDT)
• Ultrasonic waves are used to detect the presence of flaws or defects in the form of cracks,
blowholes porosity etc., in the internal structure of a material
• By sending out ultrasonic beam and by measuring the time interval of the reflected beam,
flaws in the metal block can be determined.
• SONAR
• SONAR is a technique which stands for Sound Navigation and Ranging.
• It uses ultrasonics for the detection and identification of under water objects.
• The method consists of sending a powerful beam of ultrasonics in the suspected
direction in water.
• By noting the time interval between the emission and receipt of beam after reflection,
the distance of the object can be easily calculated.
• The change in frequency of the echo signal due to the Doppler effect helps to
determine the velocity of the body and its direction.
• Measuring the time interval (t) between the transmitted pulses and the received
pulse, the distance 𝑑 = v𝑡/2 between the transmitter and the remote object is
determined using the formula., where v is the velocity of sound in sea water.
• The same principle is used to find the depth of the sea.
• Medical Applications:
• Diagnosis
• Medical sonography (ultrasonography) is an ultrasound-based diagnostic medical imaging
technique used to visualize muscles, tendons, and many internal organs, their size, structure
and any pathological lesions.
• They are also used to visualize the foetus during routine and emergency prenatal care.
Ultrasound scans are performed by medical health care professionals called sonographers.
Obstetric sonography is commonly used during pregnancy.