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Finally, the theory is compared to measurements obtained outdoors above a grass covered curved ground with no refraction and above flat ground with refraction. The realities of diffraction may affect your choice of loudspeakers for your personal listening. In the vicinity of the shadow boundary, both theories agree to within 0.5 dB but differ from the measured results by 2 to 5 dB. Note that the wavelength of the 100 Hz sound is about 3.45 meters, much larger than the speaker, while that of the 2000 Hz sound is about 18 cm, about the size of the speaker. The same agreement is obtained between measurements and the geometrical theory well above the shadow boundary. Deep within the shadow, theory and measurements agree to, typically, 0.5 dB. Above the shadow boundary, the sound field is calculated using geometrical theory that accounts for reflections from a curved surface. A numerical algorithm allows the extension to the general case of a finite impedance. The calculation is extended by removing restrictive approximations and by carrying the computation to higher-order terms. The measurements are compared to diffraction theory expressed in terms of a residue series, or creeping wave solution. Particular attention is given to the region across the shadow boundary. Receiver positions include all of the area within, and above, the shadow zone and for various source heights. The measurements were made in the frequency range between 0.3 and 10 kHz, in the case of a rigid boundary and a surface of finite impedance. The following two videos cover the features of sound as they propagate into a different medium, alongside other sound waves or around corners.Controlled measurements of the sound field from a point source above a curved surface are described.
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Wave superposition occurs when two or more sound waves are travelling through the same medium at the same time, the net displacement at any point in time, is simply the sum of the individual wave displacements. R esonance is the tendency of a system to vibrate with increasing amplitudes at unique frequencies of excitation. Diffraction is the bending of sounds waves around obstacles and openings. Reflection of sound waves occurs when it strikes the surface of another medium and bounces back in some other direction, causing echoes more than 0.1 seconds after the original sound wave was heard. In this post, we conduct investigations to analyse the reflection, diffraction, resonance and superposition of sound waves, as a part of the Prelim Physics course under the module Waves and Thermodynamics and sub-part Sound Waves. What is reflection, diffraction, resonance and superposition in term of sound waves? Latent Heat Involved in a Change of State.Relationship between the Change in Temperature of an Object and its Specific Heat Capacity (Q = mc△T).Relationship Between the Temperature of an Object and Kinetic Energy.Applying Equations and Relationships to Solve Questions (Refraction Index, Snell's Law, Critical Angle, Intensity of Light).Relationship Between the Inverse Square Law, the Intensity of Light and the Transfer of Energy.It is something common to all waves: when the sound wave reaches an opening or an obstacle, the points of its plane become sources and emit other diffracted ones. Practical Investigation: Phenomenon of the Dispersion of Light The sound diffraction is the phenomenon that occurs when sound curves and spreads around an opening or obstacle.Refraction and Total Internal Reflection.Practical Investigation: Formation of Images in Mirrors and Lenses.The sound through each slit diffracts and radiates rather like two point sources.
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The difference between the movies is the size of the gap. This is shown in the two animations below.
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Graphs of Displacement as a Function of Time (Transverse and Longitudinal Waves).Practical Investigation: Transverse, Longitudinal, Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves.Practical Investigation: Creation of Mechanical Waves.