9 Common Problems of Sound Waves
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physics.fisikastudycenter.com- Learning sound waves in 9 common problems with the solutions, sound intensity, sound intensity level, doppler effect and fundamental frequency of sound sources will be discussed.
Problem 1
Find the intensity level of a sound wave of 10-5 watt/m2 in intensity . Use a reference
intensity I0 = 10-12 watt/m2!
Answer
The formula to calculate a sound level intensity is
so then
Problem
2
A boy stands at 100 m of distance from a sound source with its acoustic power of 12,56 watt. Find the sound
intensity level heard by this boy, use Π = 3,14 with a reference intensity of I0 = 10-12
watt/m2!
Answer
Equation to find the sound intesity level is
Where TI is the
sound intensity level, and intensity level or I is
with
P = the acoustic power in watt and A = area in m2, assume the acoustic power spread uniformly so then
we get the area of a sphere, A = 4Πr2, with r is sphere radius or the distance between the boy and the
point taken.
then:
Problem
3
A boy heard a loud bang of 120 dB in sound intensity level at a distance of 20 m
.
Find the soun intensity level heard by another boy at distance of 180 m from the first boy!
Answer
The sound intensity level of two different distances:
with
r1 the first distance to the source (20 m) and r2 is the second distance from the source
(180+20 = 200 m) so then we get
Problem 4
A
factory has 100 identical machines. If the sound intensity level of a machine is 70 dB, find the 100 machines sound
intensity level!
Answer
Finding the sound intensity level of n identical sources:
where TI1 sound intensity level of a source and n is the number of sources, so then
Problem 5
Find the ratio of intensities from two sources at two different distances that are 4m and 9 m from the sound
source!
Answer
Intensities from two different distances are:
Problem 6
A
boy hears two different sounds when a race car is moving toward and moving away. If the speed of sound in the air is
340 m.s-1 , the frequency emitted by the car is 800 Hz and the car velocity is l 20 m.s-1,
find the frequency heard by the boy when the car moving toward!
Answer
Its the doppler effect of sound
waves, where the speed of listener Vp = NOL, the boy at rest, the sign for Vs is negative,
the source moving towrd, so then
Problem 7
A
source emits a frequency of 1 kHz is moving toward a rest listener with a speed of 0,9v, where
v is the speed of sound wave. Find the frequency heard by the listener!
Answer
Doppler
effect, the listener at rest:
Problem
8
Given a string of 0,5 m of length and 10−2 kg of mass with its tension
of 200 N. Find the fundamental frequency of the string!
Answer
Sound wave speed along a string :
The fundamental frequency of a string happens when the length of string:
String
frequency:
The shorcut for this question is :
Problem 9
A
stopped pipe emits a fundamental frequency of 150 Hz. Find the second harmonic of this pipe!
Answer
The
ratio of frequencies of the fundamental, the second harmonic, the third harmonic of a stopped pipe are:
So then
: