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course Phy 202

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If your solution to stated problem does not match the given solution, you should self-critique per

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Your solution, attempt at solution. If you are unable to attempt a solution, give a phrase-by-phrase

interpretation of the problem along with a statement of what you do or do not understand about it. This

response should be given, based on the work you did in completing the assignment, before you look at

the given solution.

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Question: `qquery doppler shift experiment (experiment was to be read and viewed only) **** explain why

the frequency of the sound observed when the buzzer moves toward you is greater than that of the

stationary buzzer and why this frequency is greater than that observed when the buzzer is moving away

from you

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Given Solution:

`a** The 'pulses' emitted by an approaching source in a certain time interval are all received in a

shorter time interval, since the last 'pulse' is emitted closer to the source than the first and

therefore arrives sooner than if the source was still. So the frequency is higher.

If the source is moving away then the last 'pulse' is emitted further from the source than if the

source was still, hence arrives later, so the pulses are spread out over a longer time interval and the

frequency is lower.

GOOD EXPLANATION FROM STUDENT:

Well, for the purposes of this explanation, I am going to explain the movement of the buzzer in one

dimention which will be towards and away. The buzzer is actually moving in a circle which means it

exists in three dimentions but is moving in two dimentions with relation to the listener. However,

using trigonometry we can determine that at almost all times the buzzer is moving either towards or

away from the listener so I will explain this in terms of one dimention.

}When a buzzer is 'buzzing' it is emitting sound waves at a certain frequency. This frequency appears

to change when the buzzer moves toward or away from the listener but the actual frequency never changes

from the original frequency. By frequency we mean that a certain number of sound waves are emitted in a

given time interval (usually x number of cycles in a second). So since each of the waves travel at the

same velocity they will arrive at a certain vantage point at the same frequency that they are emitted.

So If a 'listener' were at this given vantage point 'listening', then the listener would percieve the

frequency to be what it actually is. Now, if the buzzer were moving toward the listener then the actual

frequency being emitted by the buzzer would remain the same. However, the frequency percieved by the

listener would be higher than the actual frequency. This is because, at rest or when the buzzer is not

moving, all of the waves that are emitted are traveling at the same velocity and are emitted from the

same location so they all travel the same distance. But, when the buzzer is moving toward the listener,

the waves are still emitted at the same frequency, and the waves still travel at the same velocity, but

the buzzer is moving toward the listener, so when a wave is emitted the buzzer closes the distance

between it and the listener a little bit and there fore the next wave emitted travels less distance

than the previous wave. So the end result is that each wave takes less time to reach the listener than

the previously emitted wave. This means that more waves will reach the listener in a given time

interval than when the buzzer was at rest even though the waves are still being emitted at the same

rate. This is why the frequency is percieved to be higher when the buzzer is moving toward the

listener.

By the same token, if the same buzzer were moving away from the listener then the actual frequency of

the waves emitted from the buzzer would be the same as if it were at rest, but the frequency percieved

by the listener will be lower than the actual frequency. This is because, again at rest the actual

frequency will be the percieved frequency. But when the buzzer is moving away from the listener, the

actual frequency stays the same, the velocity of the waves stays the same, but because the buzzer moves

away from the listener a little bit more each time it emits a wave, the distance that each wave must

travel is a little bit more than the previously emitted wave. So therefore, less waves will pass by the

listener in a given time interval than if the buzzer were not moving. This will result in a lower

percieved frequency than the actual frequency. **

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Question: `qquery General College Physics and Principles of Physics: what is a decibel?

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Your solution:

A decibel is a common terme in the measurement of the intensities of sound waves.

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Given Solution:

`a** dB = 10 log( I / I0 ), where I is the intensity of the sound in units of power per unit area and

I0 is the 'hearing threshold' intensity.

MORE EXTENSIVE EXPLANATION FROM STUDENT:

Sound is possible because we exist in a medium of air. When a sound is emitted, a concussive force

displaces the air around it and some amount energy is transferred into kinetic energy as air particles

are smacked away from the force. These particles are now moving away from the initial force and collide

into other air particles and send them moving and ultimately through a series of collisions the kinetic

energy is traveling out in all directions and the air particles are what is carrying it. The behavior

of this kinetic energy is to travel in waves. These waves each carry some amount of kinetic energy and

the amount of energy that they carry is the intensity of the waves. Intensities of waves are given as a

unit of power which is watts per square meter. Or since the waves travel in all directions they move in

three dimentions and this unit measures how many watts of energy hits a square meter of the surface

which is measuring the intensity. But we as humans don't percieve the intensities of sound as they

really are. For example, a human ear would percieve sound B to be twice as loud as sound A when sound B

is actually 10 times as loud as sound A. Or a sound that is ...

1.0 * 10^-10 W/m^2 is actually 10 times louder than a sound that is

1.0 * 10^-11 W/m^2 but the human ear would percieve it to only be twice as loud.

The decibel is a unit of intensity for sound that measures the intensity in terms of how it is

percieved to the human ear. Alexander Graham Bell invented the decibel. Bell originally invented the

bel which is also a unit of intensity for waves. The decibel is one tenth of a bel and is more commonly

used. The formula for determing the intensity in decibels is ...

Intensity in decibles = the logarithm to the base 10 of the sound's intensity/ I base 0

I base 0 is the intensity of some reference level and is usually taken as the minimum intensity audible

to an average person which is also called the 'threshold of hearing'.

Since the threshold of hearing is in the denominator, if a sound is this low or lower the resulting

intensity will be 0 decibles or inaudible. **

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Question: `qgen phy what is the difference between the node-antinode structure of the harmonics a

standing wave in a string and in an organ pipe closed at one end

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Your solution:

Sting:

For the 1st harmonic the node/antinode pattern is NAN, 2nd is NANAN, 3rd NANANAN, etc.

Wind:

NA, NANA, NANANA, etc

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Given Solution:

`a** In a string there are nodes at both ends so the harmonics are described the the configurations

NAN, NANAN, NANANAN, etc.. In a pipe closed at one end there is a node at one end and an antinode at

the other so the possible configurations are NA, NANA, NANANA, etc..

displacement nodes are at both ends of the string, so the structure is N &&& N, where &&& is any

sequence of nodes and antinodes that results in an alternating sequence.

The possibilities for the fixed-end string are therefore NAN, NANAN, NANANAN, ... , containing 2,

4, 6, 8, ..., quarter-wavelengths in the length of the string.

Possible wavelengths are therefore 2 L, 1 L, 2/3 L, ..., where L is the length of the string.

For an open organ pipe, there are nodes at both ends so the configuration must be A &&& A.

Possibilities include ANA, ANANA, ANANANA, ANANANANA, ..., containing 2, 4, 6, 8, ..., quarter-

wavelengths.

Possible wavelengths are therefore 2 L, 1 L, 2/3 L, ..., where L is the length of the pipe.

These possible wavelengths are the same as for a fixed-end string of the same length.

For an organ pipe open at one end and closed at the other, the configuration must be N &&& A.

Possibilities include NA, NANA, NANANA, NANANANA, ..., containing 1, 3, 5, 7, ..., quarter-

wavelengths.

Possible wavelengths are therefore 4 L, 4/3 L, 4/5 L, 4/7 L, ...

STUDENT QUESTION

My understanding is that open tube produces all harmonics?

INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE

When I read over it I decided the given solution should be improved; I've inserted the new solution

above. It should be somewhat clearer than the old solution.

I think I know, but I'm not 100% sure what you mean by 'all harmonics'. So be sure to ask if my

response doesn't answer your question.

The open pipe produces only the harmonics that occur with a sequence of nodes and antinodes which

includes antinodes at both ends. The wavelengths are the same as for a string of the same length,

having nodes at both ends.

The closed pipe produces only the harmonics which have a node at the closed end and an antinode at the

open end. The resulting sequence of possible wavelengths is therefore different than for an open pipe.<

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Question: `q **** gen phy what are beats?

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Your solution:

a type on interference when two sounds at different frequencies come in and out of phase.

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Given Solution:

`a** Beats are what happens when the two sounds are close in frequency. Beats occur when the combined

sound gets louder then quieter then louder etc. with a frequency equal to the differences of the

frequencies of the two sounds. **

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Question: `q **** query univ phy 16.66 / 16.62 11th edition16.54 (20.32 10th edition) steel rod 1.5 m

why hold only at middle to get fund? freq of fund? freq of 1st overtone and where held? **** why can

the rod be held only at middle to get the fundamental?

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Given Solution:

`aSTUDENT SOLUTION WITH INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS:

Since the rod is a rigid body it can form the smallest frequency corresponding to the largest

wavelength only when held at the center. The smallest frequency corresponding to the largest wavelength

is known as the fundamental.

(a) the fingers act as a sort of pivot and the bar performs a teeter - totter motion on either side of

the pivot **note: the motion is more like the flapping of a bird's wings, though it obviously doesn't

result from the same sort of muscular action but rather from an elastic response to a disturbance, and

the motion attenuates over time**. With this manner of motion, the ends have the greatest amount of

amplitude, thus making them the antinodes.

(b)Holding the rod at any point other than the center changes the wavelngth of the first harmonic

causing one end of the rod to have a smaller wave motion than the other. Since the fundamental

frequency is in essence the smallest frequency corresponding to the largest wavelength, offsetting

Lwould produce an unappropriatley sized wavelength.

(c)Fundamental frequency of a steel rod:

( 5941 m /s) / [(2/1)(1.5m) = 1980.33Hz

(d) v / (2/2) L = 3960.67Hz --achieved by holding the rod on one end.

INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS:

The ends of the rod are free so it can vibrate in any mode for which the ends are antinodes. The

greatest possible wavelength is the one for which the ends are antinodes and the middle is a node (form

ANA). Since any place the rod is held must be a node (your hand would quickly absorb the energy of the

vibration if there was any wave-associated particle motion at that point) this ANA configuration is

possible only if you hold the rod at the middle.

Since a node-antinode distance corresponds to 1/4 wavelength the ANA configuration consists of 1/2

wavelength. So 1/2 wavelength is 1.5 m and the wavelength is 3 m.

At propagation velocity 5941 m/s the 3 m wavelength implies a frequency of 5941 m/s / (3 m) = 1980

cycles/sec or 1980 Hz, approx..

The first overtone occurs with antinodes at the ends and node-antinode-node between, so the

configuration is ANANA. This corresponds to 4 quarter-wavelengths, or a full wavelength. The resulting

wavelength is 1.5 m and the frequency is about 3760 Hz.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT BE RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM:

STUDENT RESPONSES WITH INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS INSERTED

To find the amplitudes at 40, 20 and 10 cm from the left end:

The amplitudes are:

at 40 cm 0

at 20 cm .004m

at 10 cm .002828 m

I obtained my results by using the information in the problem to write the equation of the standing

wave. Since the cosine function is maximum at 0, I substituted t=0 into the equation and the value of x

that I wanted to find the amplitude for.

** wavelength = 192 m/2 / (240 Hz) = .8 m.

Amplitude at x is .4 cm sin(2 `pi x / .8 m) **the maximum transverse velocity and acceleration at each

of these points are found from the equation of motion:

`omega = 2 `pi rad * 240 cycles / sec = 480 `pi rad/s.

.004 m * 480 `pi rad/s = 6 m/s approx and .004 m * ( 480 `pi rad/s)^2 = 9000 m/s^2, approx.

.0028 m * 480 `pi rad/s = 4 m/s approx and .0028 m * ( 480 `pi rad/s)^2 = 6432 m/s^2, approx. **

STUDENT COMMENT

The last student response was very interesting. If I understand it correctly, she took the standing

wave equation and found the max by setting the derivative equal to zero.

INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE

That is a very good statement of the reasoning illustrated in the student's solution.

The time derivative of the position function is the velocity function for the particles of material,

and if the particles at the point where you hold the bar isn't zero, energy will be lost at that point

very quickly, causing the standing wave to dissipate its energy (or to retain too little energy to to

form in the first place).

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