Particle displacement

Particle displacement

Particle displacement or particle amplitude (represented in mathematics by the lower-case Greek letter ξ) is a measurement of distance (in metres) of the movement of a particle in a medium as it transmits a wave. In most cases this is a longitudinal wave of pressure (such as sound), but it can also be a transverse wave, such as the vibration of a taut string. In the case of a sound wave travelling through air, the particle displacement is evident in the oscillations of air molecules with, and against, the direction in which the sound wave is travelling. A particle of the medium undergoes displacement according to the particle velocity of the wave traveling through the medium, while the sound wave itself moves at the speed of sound, equal to 343 m/s in air at 20 °C.

The instantaneous particle displacement "ξ" in m for a wave is::xi = int_{t} v, mathrm{d}t

If the wave is a standing wave or a traveling wave containing a single frequency, the particle displacement is::xi = frac{1}{Z} int_{t} p, mathrm{d}tThis expression for xi undergoes simple harmonic oscillation, and as such is usually expressed as an rms time average.

Particle displacement for a traveling wave containing a single frequency can be represented in terms of other measurements::xi = frac{v}{omega} = frac{p}{Z_0 cdot omega} = frac{a}{omega^2} = frac{1}{omega}sqrt{frac{I}{Z_0 = frac{1}{omega}sqrt{frac{E}{ ho = frac{1}{omega}sqrt{frac{P_{ac{Z_0 cdot Awhere in the above equation, the quantities xi, v, a, I, E, P_{ac} may be taken throughout as rms time-averages (or all as maximum values). The single frequency traveling wave has acoustic impedance equal to the characteristic impedance, Z=Z_0. Further representations for xi can be found from the above equations using the replacement omega=2pi{f}.

See also

* Wave
* Sound particle

External links

* [http://acoustics.open.ac.uk/pdf/ali_tonddast_navaei_thesis.pdf Acoustic particle-image velocimetry - Development and applications]
* [http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ak-ohm.htm Ohm's law as acoustic equivalent - calculations]
* [http://www.sengpielaudio.com/RelationshipsOfAcousticQuantities.pdf Relationships of acoustic quantities associated with a plane progressive acoustic sound wave - pdf]


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