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Elastic Waves. Acoustics.

Problem 4.167

4.167.4.167 . Find the ratio of the fundamental tone frequencies of two identical strings after one of them was stretched by η1=2.0%\eta_{1}=2.0 \% and the other, by η2=4.0%\eta_{2}=4.0 \%. The tension is assumed to be proportional to the elongation.

Reveal Answer
v2v1=η2(1+η1)η1(1+η2)=1.4\frac{v_{2}}{v_{1}}=\sqrt{\frac{\eta_{2}\left(1+\eta_{1}\right)}{\eta_{1}\left(1+\eta_{2}\right)}}=1.4