Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 71 views

    Resonance Lab

    Uploaded by

    Santiago Galicia
    This document describes an experiment to determine the speed of sound in air using resonance in a closed tube. Students will measure the resonant length of a tube for different tuning forks, then use the resonant length, fork frequency, and equations relating wavelength and speed of sound to calculate the speed of sound. The experiment allows students to understand resonance, calculate speed of sound, and analyze factors that affect measurements.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Resonance Lab

    Uploaded by

    Santiago Galicia
    71 views2 pages
    This document describes an experiment to determine the speed of sound in air using resonance in a closed tube. Students will measure the resonant length of a tube for different tuning forks, then use the resonant length, fork frequency, and equations relating wavelength and speed of sound to calculate the speed of sound. The experiment allows students to understand resonance, calculate speed of sound, and analyze factors that affect measurements.

    Original Description:

    Laboratorio de resonancia acústica

    Original Title

    Resonance_lab

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document describes an experiment to determine the speed of sound in air using resonance in a closed tube. Students will measure the resonant length of a tube for different tuning forks, then use the resonant length, fork frequency, and equations relating wavelength and speed of sound to calculate the speed of sound. The experiment allows students to understand resonance, calculate speed of sound, and analyze factors that affect measurements.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    71 views2 pages

    Resonance Lab

    Uploaded by

    Santiago Galicia
    This document describes an experiment to determine the speed of sound in air using resonance in a closed tube. Students will measure the resonant length of a tube for different tuning forks, then use the resonant length, fork frequency, and equations relating wavelength and speed of sound to calculate the speed of sound. The experiment allows students to understand resonance, calculate speed of sound, and analyze factors that affect measurements.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 2

    Resonance and the Speed of Sound

    INTRODUCTION:
    Resonance, or sympathetic vibration, is the reinforcing of wave
    strength. It occurs when the natural vibration rates of two objects are
    the same. The air column in a closed tube produces its best resonance
    when it is approximately one-fourth as long as the wavelength of the
    sound that it reinforces. A small correction in wavelength must be
    made for the internal diameter of the tube. The wavelength of the
    sound may be calculated from the resonant length of the tube by using
    the equation = 4(h + 0.4d), where (lambda) is the wavelength, h
    is the length of the resonant column of the closed tube, and d is the
    diameter of the tube.
    In this experiment the best resonant length of a closed tube will be
    determined and from this length and the diameter of the tube, the
    wavelength of the sound will be calculated. The speed of sound will
    then be calculated from the equation: v = f , where v is the speed of
    sound, f is the frequency, and is the wavelength.
    MATERIALS:
    tuning forks, plastic golf tube, large graduated cylinder, thermometer,
    meterstick, tuning fork hammer or shoes.
    OBJECTIVE:
    After completing this experiment, you should know how to determine
    the resonant length of a closed tube for a known frequency and to use
    this technique for determining the speed of sound in
    air of known temperature.
    PROCEDURE:
    To set a tuning fork vibrating, hold it by the shank
    and strike it with the tuning fork hammer. (Do not
    strike the fork on the table top or other hard
    surface).
    1. Set up a cylinder as shown in the figure. Fill the
    cylinder nearly full with water.
    2. Set the tuning fork to vibrating (do not strike
    the fork on the table top or other hard surface)
    and, while holding the vibrating fork over the open
    end of the glass tube, slowly raise and lower the
    resonant tube and tuning fork until a position is
    located where resonance produces the loudest sound.
    Then, hold the tube firmly in the optimum resonance
    position while another student measures the length of the air column
    Resonance and the Speed of Sound

    from the top of the tube to the water surface inside the tube. This
    length should be recorded the nearest millimeter. Record this in a data
    table.
    3. Measure the internal diameter of the tube in centimeters and
    record it.
    4. Collect and record data for two more forks of different
    frequencies. The frequencies are stamped on the forks.
    5. Take and record the temperature of the air in the room.
    CALCULATIONS:
    1. Compute the wavelength of the sound from the resonant length of
    the air column for each fork and record in the calculations table. =
    4(h + 0.4d)
    2. Compute the speed of sound for each fork from the wavelength and
    frequency data and record in the calculations table as your
    experimental values. v = f
    3. Calculate and record the accepted speed of sound in air at the
    temperature of the resonant air column. v = 331 m/s + 0.6(T)
    m/s. T = oC.
    4. Calculate your experimental error and record it.
    QUESTIONS:
    1. If a longer tube were available, would it be possible to find another
    position where resonance is produced? Explain.

    2. Account for any discrepancies between the speeds of sound found


    by the different forks.

    3. Does the amplitude of vibration affect the data?

    5. How could you modify the experiment to find the resonant length of
    an open pipe? Hint: For an open pipe resonator = 2(h + 0.8d).

    You might also like