Speed of sound Definition and 264 Threads

does anyone know the equation of speed of sound?

I'm currently studying the phenomena of air bubbles in water affecting the sound (as it affects the speed of sound) produced in the water... I actually have a model for how the speed of sound should alter with the amount of air in it... but I've got som problem with a thing I found out...

ok I'm definitely having trouble with this lab due tomorrow. We did a lab in class where you get an adjustable tube and use different tuning forks. With the different frequencies of the forks we adjusted the tubes until it reached resonance? (loudess point) Alright so we got a bunch of numbers...

If I have a glass of water and tap it with a spoon there will be a sound. If I change the speed of sounf by adding something the sound will change. What is the connection between change in speed of sound and the change in sound? Does the frequence change then or what?

Need some help with this question. I think I know how to do it but I don't know the speed of sound. Could someone let me know what it is? A rifle is fired in a valley with parallel vertical walls. The echo from one wall is heard 6.0 s after the rifle was fired. The echo from the other wall is...

I want to know the speed of sound at sea level. :confused: I also want to know the exact speed of light in kilometres. :confused:

As the title suggests, I'm curious about the first experiments to find the speed of sound and who developed/performed them. Who was the first to really have a good crack at it? And who came up with the equations to how it varies under differing conditions? We hear all the time about other...

I have a seemingly easy question I think...but wanted to run it by this board before I submitted my answer. Homework Question The sound produced by the loudspeaker in the (attached) drawing has a frequency of 10700 Hz and arrives at the microphone via two different paths. The sound travels...

Physics Help Needed! (work shown just need an extra push in the right direction! ) Hi, I'm currently taking a Physics 100 level course, so this question should be no problem for you smart people out there. lol My grade 12 teacher definately did not prep me for this semester - or maybe I just...

A news broadcast tonight claimed that a tsunami following the 1883 Krakatoa explosion may have moved at speeds approaching 800 miles per hour. What would be the mechano-acoustic effect of such a supersonic phenomenon? For instance, how would this water waveform change due to turbulent feedback...

If I put a metal bar in a hydraulic press, will sound travel through the bar faster, slower, or the same speed as when the bar was not being crushed?

Hi all, can you pls show me how you rearrange the speed of sound in gas equation from the original equation of: v (sound) = sqr of [(gamma * R * T) / M] I would like to find M, I tried to rearrange it to the following: M = sq of [(gamma * R * T) / v] pls kindly correct me with...

If you travel faster than the spped of sound, then you do not hear anything. If you were to travel faster than the speed of light, then you would NOT see anything.?

Does anyone have an equation that gives the speed of sound in respect to the density and temperature of the medium in which the sound wave is propagating? I know the speed of sound in average temperature air molecules is like 700mph (I think).