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Tuesday 21 October 2014

Producing A Sound Wave

Using a Drum to Produce a Sound Wave

Prior knowledge: Longitudinal wave, compression & rarefaction.

See how a vibrating drum membrane produces a sound wave.
The longitudinal wave produced will propagate from left to right.

 
 
 
A sound wave can be represented by a sinusoidal graph as shown below.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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