Fumitoshi Kaneko | Searcharxiv

arXiv2013

Open End Correction for Flanged Circular Tube from the Diffusion Process

In the physics lessons on waves and resonance phenomena in high school and college, we usually consider sound waves in a tube with open or closed ends \cite{ResnikHalliday}. However, it is well known that we need a tube with open end correction $ΔL$. The correction for a flanged circular tube was first given by Rayleigh \cite{Rayleigh} and experimentally checked by several authors \cite{exp}. In this paper, we show the different methods of obtaining the end correction for a circular tube by a diffusion process.

physics.class-ph↗

arXiv2011

Simple model of photo acoustic system for greenhouse effect

The green house effect is caused by the gases which absorb infrared ray (IR) emitted by the earth. It is worthwhile if we can adjudicate on which gas causes the greenhouse effect in our class. For this purpose, one of our authors, Kaneko has designed an educational tool for testing greenhouse effect \cite{Kaneko}. This system (hereafter abbreviated PAS) is constructed based on photo acoustic effect. Without difficulty and high cost, we can build PAS and check the IR absorption of gas. In this paper we give the simple theoretical basis for this PAS. The amplitude of sound observed in PAS depends on the modulation frequency of IR pulse. Its dependence can be explained by this simple model. Further we show the sound amplitude does not depend on the thermal diffusion, which provides the accuracy of amplitude as the IR absorption rate of the gas. According to this model, sound signal is not the sinusoidal function and it has higher harmonics. The theory and experiment are compared in the third harmonics by spectrum analysis. From this apparatus and theory, students can study not only the greenhouse effect but also the basics of physics.

physics.pop-ph↗