A support beam, within an industrial building, is subjected to vibrations along its length; emanating from two machines situated at opposite ends of the beam. The displacement caused by the vibrations can be modelled by the following equations. x1 = 3.75 sin (100nt + 2m/9) x2 = 4.42 sin (100nt – 21/5) i State the amplitude, phase, frequency and periodic time of each of these waves. ii. When both machines are switched on, how many seconds does it take for each machine to produce its maximum displacement? Atwhattimedoes eachvibrationfirstreachadisplacementof –2mm? iv. Use the compound angle formulae to expand xland x2 into the form A sin 100mt + B cos 100nt, where A and B are numbers to be found. v. Using your answers from part iv, express x1 + x2 in a similar form. Convert this expression into the equivalent form Rsin(100nt +c).
Properties of sound
A sound wave is a mechanical wave (or mechanical vibration) that transit through media such as gas (air), liquid (water), and solid (wood).
Quality Of Sound
A sound or a sound wave is defined as the energy produced due to the vibrations of particles in a medium. When any medium produces a disturbance or vibrations, it causes a movement in the air particles which produces sound waves. Molecules in the air vibrate about a certain average position and create compressions and rarefactions. This is called pitch which is defined as the frequency of sound. The frequency is defined as the number of oscillations in pressure per second.
Categories of Sound Wave
People perceive sound in different ways, like a medico student takes sound as vibration produced by objects reaching the human eardrum. A physicist perceives sound as vibration produced by an object, which produces disturbances in nearby air molecules that travel further. Both of them describe it as vibration generated by an object, the difference is one talks about how it is received and other deals with how it travels and propagates across various mediums.
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