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Elastic Waves. Acoustics.

Problem 4.150

How long will it take sound waves to travel the distance \(l\) between the points \(A\) and \(B\) if the air temperature between them varies linearly from \(T_{1}\) to \(T_{2}\) ? The velocity of sound propagation in air is equal to \(v=\alpha \sqrt{T},\) where \(\alpha\) is a constant.

Reveal Answer
t=2lα(T1+T2)t=\frac{2 l}{\alpha\left(\sqrt{T_{1}}+\sqrt{T_{2}}\right)}