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Pipe Closed at One End

There is a displacement node at the closed end, and an antinode at the open end. This is just like a string fixed at one end and free at the other. Let's arbitrarily make $x =
0$ the closed end. Then:

\begin{displaymath}
s(x,t) = s_0 \sin(k_n x )\cos(\omega_n t)
\end{displaymath} (185)

has a node at $x =
0$ for all $k$. To get an antinode at the other end, we require:
\begin{displaymath}
\sin(k_n L) = \pm 1
\end{displaymath} (186)

or
\begin{displaymath}
k_n L = \frac{2n-2}{2}\pi
\end{displaymath} (187)

for $n = 1,2,3...$ (odd half-integral multiples of $\pi$. This converts to:
\begin{displaymath}
\lambda_n = \frac{2L}{2n-1}
\end{displaymath} (188)

and
\begin{displaymath}
f_n = \frac{v_a}{\lambda_n} = \frac{v_a (2n-1)}{4L}
\end{displaymath} (189)


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Robert G. Brown 2004-04-12