H3-24 OPEN AND CLOSED PIPES

ID Code: H3-24
Purpose: Demonstrates open and closed tube standing resonances
Description: Blow across the open end of the open and closed tubes. The frequency of the closed tube is approximately half that of the open tube, or about one octave lower. (Actually, due to the end correction, which applies to the open end of the closed tube but both ends of the open tube, the frequency ratio is slightly less than one octave to the trained musical ear.)
Availability: Available

See the Physics Question of the Week for 4/14/2014 for an example of how this demonstration can be used in class interaction and discussion: lecdem.physics.umd.edu/question-of-the-week-archive.html