Sound

8/11/99


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Table of Contents

Sound

Sound: a form of energy

Sound: what does it go through?

Sound: what is waving?

Sound: a travelling wave

Speed of sound

Volume and pitch

Energy, Power and Intensity

Intensity

Sound in air

Sound in air

Human Hearing: Pitch

Talking

Talking

Resonance

Harmonics

Fourier Analysis

Human Hearing: Volume

Intensity: W/m2

Intensity: need for a new unit

Intensity: dB

Examples

Decibels

Decibels

Distance and loudness

The Doppler Effect

Electromagnetic Waves

Electromagnetic Waves

Electric Field Wave Equation

Electric Field Waves

Electric and Magnetic Waves

Electric Field and Energy

Magnetic Field and Energy

Energy and E&M Waves

Intensity and the Poynting Vector

Momentum

Radiation Pressure

Author: Dr. Johnny B. Holmes

Email: jholmes@cbu.edu

Home Page: http://www.cbu.edu/~jholmes/P251/intro.html