Review: Sound

  1. Sound terms
    • What are common usage terms for `amplitude', `frequency', and `waveform'?
    • How is a wave attenuated?
    • What is the velocity of sound waves in room-temperature air?
    • Sound can be reflected (echo).
    • Sound waves can be refracted due to different air temperatures.

  2. Mechanism of sound travel
    • Sound waves travel due to the collision of molecules in the air
    • Can sound travel through a vacuum?
    • Can sound travel through water? through solids?

  3. Standing Waves in Tubes
    • An open-open pipe has standing waves of 2L = ntex2html_wrap_inline34, where n = 1, 2, 3, . . .
    • An open-closed pipe has standing waves of 4L = mtex2html_wrap_inline34 ,
      where m = 1, 3, 5, . . .

Ch. Elster
Aug 26 14:27:03 EDT 2019