Solving Resonance Problem in Air Columns

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The discussion revolves around a resonance problem involving standing waves in air columns, specifically within a vertical cylinder filled with water. The original poster is trying to determine the time elapsed between successive resonances as water is pumped into the cylinder, affecting the length of the air column above the water.

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  • The original poster attempts to relate the volume flow rate and the geometry of the cylinder to the frequency of the tuning fork, but expresses uncertainty about how to calculate the time elapsed between resonances. Other participants discuss the behavior of the cylinder as a closed organ pipe and suggest that the length of the air column decreases as water rises, raising questions about the relationship between the wavelength and the lengths of the air column for resonance.

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Participants are exploring different aspects of the problem, including the relationship between the frequency of the tuning fork and the changing length of the air column. Some guidance has been offered regarding the conditions for resonance in a closed organ pipe, but there is no explicit consensus on how to proceed with the calculation of time elapsed.

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The discussion includes considerations about the rate at which the water level rises and the implications for the length of the air column, as well as the specific conditions required for resonance to occur in this setup.

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Problem with Standing Waves in Air Columns

Hello, I'm having problems with this problem, lol...so far, i have found one of the main components of the following question, but I don't know where to go from there. please help

Water is pumped into a tall vertical cylinder at a volume flow rate R. The radius of the cylinder is r, and at the open top of the cylinder a tuning fork is vibrating with a frequency f. As the water rises, how much time elapses between successive resonances?

Ok, so far, this is what I got. I consider R to be V (volume) and since volume of a cylinder is pi(r^2)h where h is the height and equal to L. And since this considers harmonics, L= (wavelength)/4, therefore f= (V speed of sound)/(4L)
So I replaced L with (Volume/area of base or R/(pi*r^2) and solved to find frequency. But i don't know where to go about finding the TIME ELAPSED!
Please help. Thank you
 
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The water is rising in the cylinder which is behaving as a resonance column(closed organ pipe). With the rise in the level of water the length of air column is decreasing at a rate of [tex]\frac {R}{ \pi r^2}[/tex] m/sec.

For the resonance to occur in the closed organ pipe the lengths of the air column should be [tex](2n + 1) \frac {\lambda}{4}[/tex]
hence the difference in the lengths for successive resonance is [tex]\frac {\lambda}{2}[/tex]

So find the interval for which water rises by [tex]\frac {\lambda}{2}[/tex]
 

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