Physlet Physics by Christian and Belloni: Problem 18.1

18.1: Representations of Two-Dimensional Waves
18.2: Molecular View of a Sound Wave
18.3: Interference in Time and Beats
18.4: The Doppler Effect
18.5: The Location of a Supersonic Airplane

Problem 18.1: A slow-motion representation of a sound wave propagating in Lucite

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The animation is a slow-motion representation of a cross section of a sound wave propagating in Lucite. A detector, the orange square, is placed in the pipe and properly measures the pressure (position is given in meters and time is given in seconds). What is the speed of the sound wave? Note: The animation runs for 0.1 s. Press "reset" to reload the animation. Restart.

Physlets were developed at Davidson College and converted from Java to JavaScript using the SwingJS system developed at St. Olaf College.

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