Sound Definition and 1000 Threads

4. Sound intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source The further from the source you are, the less intense the sound. Suppose the sound intensity is 20 watts per square meter. (W/m^2) at 8 meters. What is the sound intensity at 4 meters...

I'm talking about equation 22, Does anyone know how to derive this? It's Marin Mersenne's formula for fundamental frequency, but I'm perplexed as to how he derived it. L would be the length, F would be force, and μ would be mass per unit length. f is the frequency Thanks

I'm learning about the speed of sound waves through a medium. The derivation is initiated through Impulse=change in linear momentum (I=Δp), then I=ΣFΔt=(Area×Δpressure×Δt) in the x direction The derivation proceeds by replacing the Δpressure with another equation we had derived earlier...

Hello, I am very much interested to how frequency of sound varies in water. Also, how the frequency varies with temperature and depth? What are the different formulas related to this? Secondly, how can we determine the best frequency of operation? I would be very thankful if anyone could answer...

Is there an accurate method in computing the 'sound' frquency of a planet? For example, taking the orbital path of say Jupiter for one year, and computing it into an audible frequency? I'm looking for ways to compute this, but I am at a loss to where the best starting point is. Could Bohr's or...

I'm a high school student doing the project about sound absorbing material When the sound is absorbed or loses its energy which of its value will change? pressure? wavelength? or frequency? (at first I though that the sound wave will just lose its amplitude but after the result,It look like its...

From what I can read of GW150914, it could be detected for a grand total of 200 ms, with frequency increasing from 35 Hz to 250 Hz. If it had been nearer, or the detector more sensitive, is it possible to predict what the duration of the emission would have been at frequencies over 16 Hz...

Do sound waves increase the temperature of the medium they are traveling through?

I have a question to solve - A boy heard a sound of frequency 100 Hz at a distance of 500 m from the source of sound. What is the speed of sound? What is the time period of oscillating particles of the medium? I have approached the below way : We know that speed = distance / time...

Homework Statement What will be the speed of sound in a perfectly rigid body? Given : In a hypothetical situation we have a rigid body find the speed of sound when it passes through the material. Elasticity of medium = ∞ Homework Equations velocity = √E/ρ ρ = density E = elasticity of medium...

I'm a bit confused about this. So say there's an observer and a source of sound. If the observer moves towards the source of sound, the frequency seems to increase because he encounters more wavelengths in the same amount of time. In a second case, if the source moved towards the observer, the...

what is phase difference and how to visualize it? i can understand it pretty well for sinusoidal waves,but how to visualize it for other type of waves like spherical waves,plane waves etc?

On 9gag I saw an interesting discussion about how people perceive foreign languages. You can write here how these languages sound to you, even when you don't understand them Hopefully no one will take this personally :) No offence intended So for me British English: aristocratic and melodic if...

I've been searching the web for this answer and can't seem to find it anywhere. Can anyone help me? Is sound a renewable energy or non-renewable energy?

How loud would a 105 db speaker be in a 3 inch metal pipe?

Homework Statement A student stands 86m from the foot of a cliff, claps her hands, and hears the echo 0.50s later. Calculate speed of sound in air. Known •86m •0.50s Homework Equations V=331.4+0.606T The Attempt at a Solution V=d/t V=86m/0.50s V=172m/s Is that the first step to the problem...

Homework Statement The tine of a tuning fork, when struck, has an amplitude of 0.25cm. If the frequency is 150 Hz, what total distance with the tine travel in 1.00 min? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution Not sure how to solve this problem.

Dear All, I'm seeking for EN/ISO/ASTM standards and where we can perform sound insulation testing for plastic foam/cellular products. Can you give me an advice? Thank in advance, Khoa

I'm trying to understand how a vibrating body produces oscillations in sound pressure. I've been through derivations and solutions of the wave equation for a string, but I don't understand the transition from waves on a string to sound pressure waves. How are the waves on a string or drum...

I stumbled across an interesting subject online http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449378 Leads me to wonder what the fastest terrestrial sound conduction speed is.

Why does sound waves propagate trough space with areas of lower and higher pressure, why does not pressure just equalize without waves? Thanx for answers.

Homework Statement Sound waves can be refracted when they travel through balloons filled with different gases. How would the motion of a sound wave be changed if it traveled through a balloon filled with carbon dioxide?BOOK ANSWER "Being more dense than air, the carbon dioxide in the balloon...

Hi i've been taught that standing waves do not transfer a net energy. but standing waves are formed in instruments, and we can hear them - so some sound energy/kinetic must be transferred to surrounding particles to reach our ears? how does this work? please could you help me if my understanding...

Hello everyone! I would like to share with you the results of an experiment we did in the first year physics lab and ask for your point of view to understand why we got the results that I'm about to tell you. The experiment was nothing too fancy, we were trying to test how well materials...

This is my first post here, so hello to all. I came here looking for advice. I am far for considering myself even a newbie regarding physics, I have huge gaps in knowledge. However, as I happen to "know my way around computers", I am helping my friend in her art project. Sparing you the...

According to science everything has a beginning and an end, even infenent genius. But the multiverse has no beginning and no end, it just keeps going. So in that line of thought, is science really fact, or just people trying to explained things like ancient cultures and their deities? btw, I'm...

Homework Statement A stone is dropped from rest into a well. Th sound of the splash is heard exactly 2.00 s later. Find the depth of the well if the air temperature is 10.0 degrees Celsius. Homework Equations How does the speed of sound play a role in this? How can I find the depth? The...

Why is sound produced? Say, for example, when a stone hits a tin box a sound is produced. Why is this sound produced? Even if the sound is produced in the ear, we generally say that the vibrations of the ear drum produces the sound, why is it produced. Why does vibrations produce sound. Even a...

I'm trying to understand by what mechanism a whip can multiply the velocity of the initial arm motion until it reaches the speed of sound, how is it doing this?

So I just poured water in a glass to clench my thirst. Hit the 2/3 empty glass with a pen and a high frequency started resonating for a brief moment, which I percepted as sound. When I tilted the glass the tilt resulted in change of frequency. When the glass was empty there was no change in...

I am interested to know what governs whether an object in the path of a sound wave will feel force. For instance will low frequency sound have more of an effect than high frequency? What difference does the material or shape of the object have on whether it would feel any force from the...

I have used one UM66 IC, one BC547 Transistor and one 100 Ohm resistor. The circuits of door bell are as follows but same result. The loudness is extremely poor against both the circuits. How can I increase the loudness? Would you please help me in this regard?

Fine formula and explanation is perfect.

Hi all, Is sound amplified underwater? My reasoning is if a sound is louder underwater than it is on land, then it has been amplified. Is this correct?

Say, I have 10 Km (1m dia.) exposed pipeline under construction phase. 9 Km of the pipe line was already done. Its so happen that at the next pipe length installation, the plane operator mishandled the pipe and it collided at the end where connection should be made, big time that the magnitude...

The attached image shows the top of a residential air handling unit, and how a flexible silencer (right) and a spiral duct (left) is attached. The duct is steel, and the silencer aluminium. The owner proposes that fan noise will transfer to the room through the centimeter wide piece of exposed...

Homework Statement Homework Equations I α A2 The Attempt at a Solution My teacher told us that if the source is a light source, then the answer would be B, why? Why would the intensity be the same for each maxima? And zero intensity when at minima? I thought its amplitude will decrease as it...

Is it possible to import a sound file into multisim and run it thru a circuit eg a passive low pass RC filter and send the signal to a speaker and save the clean signal say as a wav file.

Homework Statement An enclosed chamber with sound absorbing walls has a 2.0 m × 1.0 m opening for an outside window. A loudspeaker is located outdoors, 46 m away and facing the window. The intensity level of the sound entering the window space from the loudspeaker is 42 dB. Assume the acoustic...

Hello, I only have 1 question left to finish my physics homework, and it has to do with sound and intensity. I am having some trouble figuring out how to solve it. Here is the question: At a distance of 17 km, a 177 Hz horn, assumed to be an isotropic point source, is barely audible. At what...

Hi, I am just trying to understand the output of a sound spectrum analyzer. There are three dimensions 1) Time 2) Frequency 3) Volume (db) I am confused about few things here: 1) How should I perceive the volume dimension here? 2) Why are the db values negative here and w.r.t what reference...

Homework Statement The sound speed in air at 0 degrees Celsius is 331 m/s, and for temperatures within a few tens of degrees of 0 degrees celsius it increases at the rate 0.590 m/s for every degree celsius increase in temperature. How long would it take a sound wave to travel 150 m over a path...

Hi friends I'm new here I just want to know if we can convert electrical signals to sound

I understand, from my textbook, that certain frequencies of sound (depending on the length of the tube) will reflect off the interface between the air in the tube and the air outside, that this interface is a discontinuity. But in all other cases where discontinuities caused (partial)...

Homework Statement From WebAssign: One mole of nickel (6.02e23 atoms) has a mass of 59 g, and its density is 8.9 g/cm3. You have a bar of nickel 2.44 m long, with a square cross section, 1.8 mm on a side. You hang the rod vertically and attach a 45 kg mass to the bottom, and you observe that...

Homework Statement If you install special sound-reflecting windows that reduce the sound intensity level by 35.0 dB , by what factor have you reduced the sound intensity? Homework Equations Δβ=10Log(I/I°) The Attempt at a Solution I°=10^-12 I=I°-35 35=10^1.5440680...

is that possible pls help me!

The question is: You drop a coin down a well. After 3.2 seconds you hear the sound of the coin splashing into the water surface below. How far below lies the water surface in the well? After doing all the work the answer comes out to d = 46.0 m. However, when solving for "d" I had to solve a...

Hi All, I am having trouble with both sound input and output in windows 8.1. Error message is " The Audio Service is not running". I eventually find out the system believes there are neither audio input nor output devices installed. Still, when I go to device manager, the audio system is clearly...

Homework Statement A bowling ball traveling with a constant speed hits the pins at the end of a bowling lane 16.5 m long. The bowler hears the sound of the ball hitting pins 2.5 s after ball is released from his hands. What is the speed of ball, assuming speed of sound is 340 m/s? Homework...