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WHERE:
P0 = STEADY PRESSURE OF THE GAS IN N/m2
ρ0 = STEADY DENSITY OF THE GAS IN kg/m3
γ = specific heat / volume
SOUND WAVES: VELOCITY OF
PROPAGATION
•
Loudness
- how loud or soft a sound
Phon = 40 + 10log2Sone
ATTRIBUTES OF SOUND
Timbre
- quality of a sound
- can be considered the texture
or color of a sound
Duration
- the time interval between its
beginning and end points
LOUDNESS OF SOUND IN DECIBELS
Sound Loudness (dB) Hearing
Damage
Average Home 40-50
COMPUTE FOR:
a. TOTAL LOUDNESS
b. TOTAL LOUDNESS LEVEL
FREQUENCY PARAMETERS
WHERE:
fF = fundamental frequency
FREQUENCY PARAMETERS
WHERE:
fF = fundamental frequency
n = number of overtone
FREQUENCY PARAMETERS
WHERE: WHERE:
fF = fundamental frequency fF = fundamental frequency
n = number of octave n = number of decade
EXAMPLE
• A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HAS A
FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY OF
261.6HZ. CALCULATE THE 3RD
HARMONICS, 3RD OVERTONES, 3RD
OCTAVES, AND 3RD DECADES OF THIS
FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY.
DOPPLER EFFECT
•
DOPPLER EFFECT
•
EXAMPLE
• ON A STANDARD DAY, THE SPEED OF SOUND
IS 345M/S. A WHISTLE WHOSE FREQUENCY
IS 1000HZ IS MOVING TOWARDS AN
OBSERVER AT A SPEED OF 52.0M/S. WHAT IS
THE FREQUENCY OF THE SOUND HEARD BY
THE OBSERVER?
EXAMPLE
• A TRAIN MOVING AT A SPEED OF 50M/S SOUNDS ITS
WHISTLE, WHICH HAS A FREQUENCY OF 620HZ. THE
SPEED OF SOUND ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY IS
335M/S. DETERMINE THE FREQUENCY HEARD BY THE
STATIONARY OBSERVER
A.) AS THE TRAIN APPROACHES AND
B.) AS THE TRAIN MOVES AWAY.
SOUND FIELDS
Sound Field
- a technical name given to the dispersion
of sound energy within given boundaries