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Elastic Waves. Acoustics.

Problem 4.161

A plane undamped harmonic wave propagates in a medium. Find the mean space density of the total oscillation energy w\langle w\rangle, if at any point of the medium the space density of energy becomes equal to w0w_{0} one-sixth of an oscillation period after passing the displacement maximum.

Reveal Answer
w=2/3w0\langle w\rangle=2 /_{3} w_{0}