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Question regarding sound waves
Category: Science > Physics Asked by: nbarbu01-ga List Price: $20.00 |
Posted:
04 Feb 2006 06:28 PST
Expires: 06 Mar 2006 06:28 PST Question ID: 441331 |
If you and a friend were in the cockpit of a SR 71 Blackbird traveling at a speed of 3.2 mach, would you be able to hear eachother speak with the naked ear. (this is obviously assuming that both of you do not have suits of any type on, and this is a completely pressurized and sealed cockpit) ??? |
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Re: Question regarding sound waves
From: welte-ga on 04 Feb 2006 07:23 PST |
Yes. The air in the cockpit is at rest (net) with respect to the pilots, similar to the air on the moving earth. |
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Re: Question regarding sound waves
From: qed100-ga on 04 Feb 2006 07:31 PST |
Yes, the two of you could carry a conversation within the cockpit. Consider it this way. Have you flown on a commercial airliner? They fly at about 600 mph, which is in the neighborhood of 80% the speed of sound, sea level in air. But when you speak inside the cabin there's no doppler shift. That's because the air inside is being propelled at the same speed as the rest of the aircraft. Inside a plane traveling at greater than Mach 1, it's the same situation; the air in the cabin is also traveling at the same speed, and sound waves in the cabin are traveling at Mach 1 + the speed of the aircraft. |
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Re: Question regarding sound waves
From: kottekoe-ga on 04 Feb 2006 20:16 PST |
There would be no doppler shift if you were outside the plane and the wind was blowing by you at 600 mph either. (but it would be very noisy!) Since the relative velocity of the source and receiver is zero, there is no way the frequency of the sound can be different (notice I did not say anything about the wavelength). |
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Re: Question regarding sound waves
From: qed100-ga on 05 Feb 2006 07:12 PST |
"There would be no doppler shift if you were outside the plane and the wind was blowing by you at 600 mph either. (but it would be very noisy!)" Yes, you're right about that. Thanks. Although it might only be noisy just long enough for my eardrums to blow out. After that, it'd be perfectly quiet! :) |
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