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Saladsamurai
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So we are working on sound waves in my physics course now and I was doing some textbook reading. I have been following it pretty well, but I just came across a relationship that I am not quite following.
It is with reference to wave interference. Let us say that two sound waves are emitted from two different point sources [tex]S_1[/tex] and [tex]S_2[/tex]. The waves have the same wavelength [tex]\lambda[/tex] and are in phase at their sources. They take paths of lengths [tex]L_1[/tex] and [tex]L_2[/tex] and pass through point P.
The text says that their phase difference [tex]\phi[/tex] is dependent on [tex]\Delta L=|L_1-L_2|[/tex]
Thus to relate the variables [tex]\Delta L[/tex] and [tex]\phi[/tex] we can use the proportion: [tex]\frac{\phi}{2\pi}=\frac{\Delta L}{\lambda}[/tex]
I know that I should see it, but I don't exactly follow this proportion.
Could somebody ellaborate on this a little for me? I sure would appreciate,
Casey
It is with reference to wave interference. Let us say that two sound waves are emitted from two different point sources [tex]S_1[/tex] and [tex]S_2[/tex]. The waves have the same wavelength [tex]\lambda[/tex] and are in phase at their sources. They take paths of lengths [tex]L_1[/tex] and [tex]L_2[/tex] and pass through point P.
The text says that their phase difference [tex]\phi[/tex] is dependent on [tex]\Delta L=|L_1-L_2|[/tex]
Thus to relate the variables [tex]\Delta L[/tex] and [tex]\phi[/tex] we can use the proportion: [tex]\frac{\phi}{2\pi}=\frac{\Delta L}{\lambda}[/tex]
I know that I should see it, but I don't exactly follow this proportion.
Could somebody ellaborate on this a little for me? I sure would appreciate,
Casey