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- (a)
- Do YF problem 19-15 (p. 616).
Note: In (c), they
want you to find the combinations of
and
which make the
particle velocity achieve the conditions listed in the problem.
- (b)
- Supposing that the apparatus in YF problem 19-15 is such that
only waves with nodes at each end are allowed (closed boundary
conditions), what is the length of the string if the situation with
the 1.50 kg mass corresponds to the fundamental (longest wavelength)
mode?
- (c)
- For a string of the length you find in (b), what
values of the mass are needed to then give the first, second and third
next modes?
- (d)
- A simple model of a clarinet (a single-reed woodwind
instrument) is a pipe of length 66.5 cm with one closed end (the reed
end, a displacement node) and one open end (a displacement maximum).
The speed of sound is 350 m/s. What are the frequencies of the lowest
two modes within this simple model?
Just for fun: ``Middle A'' is 440 Hz and each ``octave'' represents a
factor of two in frequency, so 110 Hz would be an A two octaves below
middle A.
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Tomas Arias
2003-09-17