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Speed of Sound Simulation - Using Closed Columns

General Aim of Speed of Sound Simulation - Using Closed Columns

To determine the speed of sound in air at room temperature during the simulation of sound waves.

Method of Speed of Sound Simulation - Using Closed Columns

Resonance tube.

Learning Objectives (ILOs)

By the end of Speed of Sound simulation - Using Closed Columns, students will be able to:

Differentiate between types of waves in the speed simulation.

Explain how standing waves can be generated in closed air columns.

Explain the occurrence of resonance phenomena in closed-air columns.

Theoretical Background / Context

If standing waves are generated in tubes (closed air column) at one end by the water surface, using a tuning fork, they will be reflected off the water surface.

Superposition between waves incident on the water surface and those reflected from it will produce a standing wave through the resonance tube simulation.

Resonance occurs at a certain position where the frequency of the standing wave (air column) within the tube is equal to the frequency of the tuning fork in the resonance tube experiment.

Resonance and closed end air columns relate the frequency of the fork to the resonating length of the air-column will enable us to calculate the speed of sound in air at room temperature.

Principle of Work

Generating sound waves inside a closed air column resonance using different tuning forks, and searching for resonance position (loudest sound) during the speed simulation.

This process is fundamental to the Speed of Sound simulation - Using Closed Columns methodology.

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