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    Problem Set For Mechanical Waves & Sound Waves Deadline: April 12, 2021

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    Devie John Maghanoy BSME-1

    PROBLEM SET FOR MECHANICAL WAVES & SOUND WAVES


    Deadline: April 12, 2021

    1. An equation that gives the particle displacement for a medium in which there is a
    simple harmonic traveling wave is y(x, t) = (2/π) sin π(3x + 2t) where x and y are in
    centimeters and t is in seconds. Calculate the speed of a particle at the location x = 4
    cm at t = 2 s.
    2. A sinusoidal wave is described by y(x, t) = 0.15 sin[10π(t – x/60)]. Using SI units,
    determine its (a) amplitude, (b) angular frequency, (c) angular wave number,
    (d)wavelength, (e)wave speed, and (f) direction of motion.
    3. With what tension must a rope with length 2.50 m and mass 0.120 kg be stretched
    for transverse waves of frequency 40.0 Hz to have a wavelength of 0.750 m?
    4. A wire with mass 3.00 g and length 80.0 cm is stretched with a tension of 25.0 N. A
    wave with frequency 120.0 Hz and amplitude 1.6 mm travels along the wire.
    Calculate the average power carried by the wave.
    5. You live on a busy street, but as a music lover, you want to reduce the traffic
    noise.
    (a) If you install special sound-reflecting windows that reduce the sound intensity
    level (in dB) by 30 dB, by what fraction have you lowered the sound intensity 1in
    (W/m2)? (b) If, instead, you reduce the intensity by half, what change (in dB) do you
    make in the sound intensity level?
    6. Small speakers A and B are driven in phase at 725 Hz by the same audio oscillator.
    Both speakers start out 4.50 m from the listener, but speaker A is slowly moved
    away as in the figure.
    a) At what distance d will the sound from the speakers first produce destructive
    interference at the
    listener’s location?
    b) If A is moved even farther away than in part (a), at what distance d will the
    speakers next produce
    destructive interference at the listener’s location?
    c) After A starts moving away from its original spot, at what distance d will the
    speakers first produce
    constructive interference at the listener’s location?
    7. Horseshoe bats emit sounds from their nostrils and then listen to the frequency of
    the sound
    reflected from their prey to determine the prey’s speed. A horseshoe bat flying at
    speed vbat emits
    sound of frequency fbat; the sound it hears reflected from an insect flying toward it
    has a higher frequency
    a) Show that the speed of the insect is
    where v is the speed of sound.
    b) If fbat = 80.7 kHz, frefl = 83.5 kHz, and vbat = 3.9 m/s, calculate the speed of the
    insect.
    8. A turntable 1.50 m in diameter rotates at 75 rpm. Two speakers, each giving off
    sound at wavelength 31.3 cm, are attached to the rim of the table at opposite ends
    of a diameter. Alistener stands in front of the turntable.
    a) What is the greatest beat frequency the listener will receive from this system?
    b) Will the listener be able to distinguish individual beats?

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