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Resonant Tube
W-d3a



A function generator driving a speaker generates standing waves in a long hollow tube; the end can be open or closed and the tube probed by a tiny microphone.


Fishbane Chapter:   14.6
HRW 9th:   17.07
Reese Chapter:   12.919
RHK 5th:   19.6
SJ 3rd Chapter:   13.7
PIRA DCS classification:   3D30.16

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University