Oscillations of a Stretched String

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Oscillations of a Stretched String: Overview

In this topic, we will learn some significant concepts of oscillations of a stretched string on different conditions. The topic also shows how string produces different sound on different conditions with illustrations.

Important Questions on Oscillations of a Stretched String

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In a sonometer wire the tension is maintained by suspending a 50.7 kg mass from the free end of the wire. The suspended mass has volume of 0.0075m​3. The fundamental frequency of the wire is 260Hz. Find the new fundamental frequency if the suspended mass is completely submerged in water

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The fundamental frequencies of two copper wire of same length are in the ratio 1:2. If the tension on the wires are 729 g and 324 g respectively, then the ratio of their diameters will be:

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For an addition of 75 kg wt to the vibrating string raises the pitch by an octave of the original pitch then tension in string is

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Look at the arrangement

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The fundamental frequency corresponding to the part of the string AB is 600Hz, the fundamental frequency corresponding to the part BC is 800Hz, the fundamental frequency corresponding to the part CD is 1200Hz and the fundamental frequency corresponding to the part DE of the string is 2400Hz. If all the wedges are removed and the total string starts vibrating the frequency heard is 1200Hz. The string is vibrating in which overtone?

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The tones that are separated by three octaves have a frequency ratio of

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A person can hear frequencies only up to 10kHz. A steel piano wire 50 cm long of mass 5 g stretched with a tension of 400 N. The number of the highest overtone of the sound produced by this piano wire that the person can hear is

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State the law of length of a vibrating string of a sonometre.

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Plot a graph between frequency versus per unit length of a given wire under constant tension using a sonometre.

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The graph between the frequency and the length of a given wire under constant tension using a sonometre is a

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The fundamental frequency of a string is proportional to.

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A frequency of a sonometer wire is 100 Hz. When, after making length of its wire twice, the tension is increased, then its frequency becomes 75 Hz. The ratio of its initial and final tension is:

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Two strings of a guitar are of lengths 40 cm and 20 cm, such that they are made from same material and are of same thickness and under same tension. The frequency of longer wire is 250 Hz, and frequency of smaller wire is f Hz. The value of f is _____.

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The frequency of third harmonic is given as n=3n0, where n0 is the fundamental frequency.

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When string is plucked at one-sixth length from one end, the vibration produced in string is called third harmonic.

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Select the incorrect option.

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A segment of wire vibrates with fundamental frequency 400 Hz under a tension of 8 kg weight. The tension at which the fundamental frequency of the same wire becomes 800 Hz is

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The equation of a vibrating string, fixed at both ends, is given by y=3 mmsin πx15sin 400πt where x is the distance (in cm) measured from one end of the string, t is the time (in seconds), and y gives the displacement. The string vibrates in 4 loops. The speed of transverse waves along the string equals, for the fundamental mode,

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Four wires of identical length, diameters and of the same material are stretched on a sonometre wire. If the ratio of their tensions is 1:4:9:16 then the ratio of their fundamental frequencies are :-

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What is the ratio of frequencies of the fundamental note produced in each of the two segments of an elastic wire that are cut into two pieces with a length ratio of 3:2 and stretched with equal tension?

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For definite length of wire, if the weight used for applying tension is immersed in water, then frequency will