music physics 202 professor lee carkner lecture 9
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PAL #9 Sound Interference from two loudspeakers
To get destructive interference you want the received waves to be out of phase by ½ wavelength
f = 1150 Hz, v = 343 m/s (for room temperature
air) v = f, = v/f = 343/1150 = 0.3 m If L1 is 4m, make L2 4.15 m
L2 = 4 m (or 4.3 m or 3.7 m etc.)
Music We shall consider an generalized
instrument consisting of a pipe which may be open at one or both ends
There will always be a node at the closed end and an anti-node at the open end
Harmonics
For resonance need a integer number of ½ wavelengths to fit in the pipe
L = ½ n v = ff = nv/2L
n = 1,2,3,4 …
For resonance need an integer number of
¼ wavelengths to fit in the pipe
L = ¼ n v = ff = nv/4L
n = 1,3,5,7 … (only have odd harmonics)
The Decibel Scale
To model ear’s logarithmic response, we use the decibel scale
= (10 dB) log (I/I0) I0 = 10-12 W/m2 (at the threshold of human
hearing)
10 times louder means 10 dB greater level
Sound Levels
A pain level sound is a trillion times as intense as a sound you can barely hear
Your hearing response is logarithmic A sound 10 times as
intense sounds twice as loud
Hearing Threshold
Whisper
Talking
Rock Concert
Pain 120 dB
The Doppler Effect
If there is any relative motion between the two, the frequency of sound detected will differ from the frequency of sound emitted
Frequency Change If the source and the detector are moving
closer together the frequency increases
If the source and the detector are moving further apart the frequency decreases
General Doppler Effect
f’ = f ( v±vD / v±vS ) What sign should be used?
Do this twice to find the numerator and denominator sign For motion toward, the sign should be chosen to
increase f’
Remember that the speed of sound (v) will often be 343 m/s
Consider a sound wave with a fixed amplitude and frequency. How would you change the properties of the medium through which it passes to maximize its
speed? a) Increase , increase Bb) Increase , decrease Bc) Decrease , increase Bd) Decrease , decrease Be) Speed will only change if we
change the frequency
Consider a sound wave with a fixed amplitude and frequency. How would you change the properties of the medium to
maximize its pressure amplitude?
a) Increase , increase Bb) Increase , decrease Bc) Decrease , increase Bd) Decrease , decrease Be) Speed will only change if we
change the frequency
If you were producing the sound with a speaker, as you changed the medium toincrease the pressure amplitude, does driving the speaker become harder, easier or stay the same?
a) Harderb) Easierc) Stay the same
If the density of air doubles (with no other changes) what happens to the intensity of
sound in that air?
a) Decreases by square root of 2b) Decreases by factor of 2c) Stays the samed) Doublese) Increases by square root of 2
Consider two sound detectors. Detector A is 1 meter away from a sound source and detector B is 3 meters away. If each detector receives the same amount of energy per second, what is the ratio of the areas of the detectors (area A/area B)?a) 1/9b) 1/3c) 1d) 3e) 9
Summary: Sound Waves
Sound waves are longitudinal or pressure waves
The medium oscillates in the direction of travel
The speed of sound depends on the density and the bulk modulus (compressibility ) of the medium:
v = (B/)½
Summary: Wave Equations
The equations for the amplitude and pressure of a sound wave are:
s = sm cos (kx-t)
p = pm sin (kx-t)
pm = (v) sm
Waves from two sources will interfere based on the path length difference between the sources and detector
L = m (fully constructive)L = (m+½) (fully destructive)
Summary: Intensity and Music The intensity of sound falls off with a inverse
square law:I = Ps/4r2
I =½v2sm2
The sound level is: = (10 dB) log (I0/I)
Harmonic frequencies of a pipef = nv/2L (open at 2 ends)f = nv/4L (open at 1 end)
Beat frequency = fbeat = f1 - f2