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Elastic Waves. Acoustics.

Problem 4.150

How long will it take sound waves to travel the distance ll between the points AA and BB if the air temperature between them varies linearly from T1T_{1} to T2T_{2} ? The velocity of sound propagation in air is equal to v=αT,v=\alpha \sqrt{T}, where α\alpha is a constant.

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