Sound is a mechanical wave produced by vibrating objects that requires a medium—solid, liquid, or gas—for propagation. It travels in longitudinal waves characterized by frequency, amplitude, and wavelength, with properties influenced by the medium's density and temperature. Applications of sound include ultrasound for medical imaging and cleaning, and the use of sonar for navigation underwater.

1. SOUND
TANAY SHUKLA IX B

2. DEFINITION
•Sound is a form of
energy which produces a
sensation of hearing in
our ears

3. PROPAGATION OF SOUND
•Sound is produced by vibrating objects.
•Sound is transmitted through a medium.
•Medium can be solid, liquid or gas
•It moves from point of generation to the
listener.
•When the object vibrates, the particles in the
medium around it start vibrating.

4. PROPAGATION OF SOUND
•There is no movement of the particles, they
don’t travel.
•The particles are displaced from their
equilibrium state.
•The particle exerts force on the adjacent
particle.
•The adjacent particle gets displaced while the
previous particle returns to original position.

5. PROPAGATION OF SOUND

6. SOUND WAVE
•Wave is a disturbance that moves through a
medium.
•The wave is created when particles set
neighbouring particles into motion.
•Since the particles of the medium are in motion,
Sound wave is a mechanical wave.

7. PROPAGATION OF SOUND

8. MECHANICS OF SOUND WAVE
•Air is the most common medium through which
the sound travels.
•Forward movement of vibrating object compress
the air, creating high pressure, this is called
Compression (C).
•The compression moves away from the vibrating
object.

9. MECHANICS OF SOUND WAVE

10. MECHANICS OF SOUND WAVE
•When the vibrating object moves backwards it
creates low pressure called the Rarefaction (R).
•Pressure is related to the number of particles in
the medium in a given volume.
•The denser the medium the more the pressure.
•Thus sound propagation is a propagation of
density variation or pressure variation in the
medium.

11. MECHANICS OF SOUND WAVE

12. SOUND AND MEDIUM
•Sound being a
mechanical wave
needs a medium.
•It cannot travel in
vacuum.

13. SOUND – LONGITUDINAL WAVE
•Sound waves are longitudinal waves as
:-
•The individual particles move in a
direction parallel to the propagation of
disturbance.
•They oscillate back and forth about their
position of rest.

14. SOUND – LONGITUDINAL WAVE

15. CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUND
WAVE
•Sound wave can be described by its
:-
•Frequency.
•Amplitude.
•Speed.

16. WAVELENGTH DEFINED
•In case of Sound waves the distance between two
consecutive Compressions (C) or two consecutive
Rarefaction (R) is called the wavelength.
•Wavelength is denoted by Lambda.
•The SI unit of wavelength is meter (m)

17. WAVELENGTH DEFINED

18. FREQUENCY DEFINED
•Frequency tells us how frequently an event
occurs.
•In case of Sound waves it is the number of
Compressions (C) or number of Rarefaction (R)
per unit of time is called the frequency of the
sound wave.
•Frequency is denoted by nu.
•The SI unit of frequency is hertz (Hz)

19. FREQUENCY DEFINED

20. TIME PERIOD DEFINED
•The time taken by two consecutive
Compressions (C) or Rarefaction (R) to cross a
fixed point is called the time period of the wave.
•Time period is denoted by T.
•The SI unit of Time period is second (s).
•Frequency and Time period are related as
• Frequency = 1/ T

21. TIME PERIOD DEFINED

22. PITCH OF SOUND
•The faster the vibration of the source, higher is
the frequency and thus higher the Pitch.
•A high pitch sound corresponds to more number
of Compressions (C) and Rarefactions (R) passing
fixed point per unit time.

23. PITCH OF SOUND

24. AMPLITUDE DEFINED
•The magnitude of maximum disturbance in the
medium on either side of the mean is called
Amplitude.
•Amplitude is denoted by A.
•The Loudness or Softness of sound is
determined by its Amplitude.
•It depends on the force used to produce the
vibration.

25. AMPLITUDE DEFINED

26. TONE, NOTE, NOISE DEFINED
•A sound of single frequency is called Tone.
•A sound of mixed frequency is called Note
•What is pleasant to listen is called Music.
•Noise is unpleasant to the ear.

27. SPEED OF SOUND IN DIFFERENT
MEDIUM
•The sound propagates through a medium at a
finite speed.
•The speed of depends on the properties of the
medium. It travels faster in a denser medium.
•The speed of sound depends on the temperature
of the medium. It increases with rise in
temperature.

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29. REFLECTION OF SOUND
•Sound follows the same laws of reflection as
light.
•The angle of incident sound wave and the
reflected sound is equal with the normal to the
reflecting surface.
•The incident wave the normal and the reflected
wave lie on the same plane.

30. REFLECTION OF SOUND

31. ECHO
•Echo is the reflection of Sound from buildings
and mountains.
•To hear an Echo the difference between the
initial sound and the reflected sound should be
at least 0.1 sec.
•Mathematically this distance travelled by sound
should be at least 34.4 m on an ambient
temperature of 22 degrees centigrade.

32. ECHO

33. REVERBERATION
•Repeated reflection of sound that results in its
persistence is called reverberation.
•Excessive reverberation prevents perception of
sound.
•Reverberation is controlled by covering the roof
and walls of auditoriums with sound absorbing
material.
•Fibreboard, rough plasters, cardboards, and

34. REVERBERATION

35. REVERBERATION

36. USES OF MULTIPLE REFLECTION -
SOUND
•Megaphones are used to amplify the sound.
•Doctors use Stethoscope which has pipes where
multiple reflections take place.
•Curved ceilings of cinema halls are used to
ensure that sound reaches to all the audience.
•Soundboards are used behind the stage to reflect
the sound.

37. USES OF MULTIPLE REFLECTION -
SOUND

38. RANGE OF HEARING
•Audible range for human beings is from 20 Hz
to 20000 Hz.
•Younger children and few animals hear beyond
this range as well.
•Sound below 20 Hz is called Infrasonic. (Rhinos,
Whales)
•Sound beyond 20000 Hz is called Ultrasonic.
(Bats, Dolphins)

39. RANGE OF HEARING

40. APPLICATIONS OF ULTRASOUND
•Cleaning of hard to reach places of machines.
•Detect cracks and flaws in metal blocks.
•Medical application in echocardiography.
•Ultrasound imagery of internal organs of human
body.
•Removal of kidney stones by breaking them with
ultrasound.

41. APPLICATIONS OF ULTRASOUND

42. SONAR
•SONAR stand for SOund Navigation And
Ranging.
•It uses ultrasonic waves to measure distance,
direction and speed of underwater objects.
•It has a transmitter and a detector collectively
called Transducer.
•Mathematics of distance calculation is 2d = v x t

43. SONAR

44. STRUCTURE OF HUMAN EAR