Summary of Objectives

1. To learn about concepts related to pressure and volume velocity in an acoustic tube.

2. To understand the influence of various quantities on the adiabatic propagation of sound in fluids such as air.

3. To learn the concept of wave impedance and its effect on the propagation of longitudinal waves in an acoustic tube.

4. To understand wave reflection at a radius mismatch in a pair of acoustic tubes.

5. To experiment with a pair of virtual acoustic tube models, allowing for the viewing of responses to specified stimuli. While both models allow for user experimentation with air temperature, the second allows for a experimentation with parameters affecting wave reflection.