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3 years ago

Why does sound travel slower at a cold temperature?

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tatyana61 [14]3 years ago

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<h2>Answer:</h2><h2>It is due to a refractment of light.</h2>

Sound moves faster in warmer air than colder air the way bends away from the warm air and back towards of air.

natulia [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

Sound travels slower in cold temperatures than in hot temperatures because the particles in cold air are more closely compacted together and move slower compared to the particles of hot air. Thus the sound, vibrations of particles in the atmosphere, will travel slower.

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Outlet: $v_o=0.171\frac{m}{s}$

Explanation:

1) Notation and important concepts

Flow of mass represent "the mass of a substance which passes per unit of time".

Flow rate represent "a measure of the volume of liquid that moves in a certain amount of time"

Specific volume is "the ratio of the substance's volume to its mass. It is the reciprocal of density."

Isentropic process is a "thermodynamic process, in which the entropy of the fluid or gas remains constant".

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$\dot{m}=\frac{\dot{V}}{\upsilon}$ , where $\dot{V}$ represent the flow rate and $\upsilon$ the specific volume at the pressure and temperature given.

$A_i=0.5m^2$ is the inlet area

$P_i=600Kpa$ pressure at the inlet area

$T_i=70C$ temperature at the inlet area

$A_o=1m^2$ is the outlet area

$P_o=100Kpa$ pressure at the outlet area

$T_o=C$ temperature at the outlet area

$\dot{m}=0.75\frac{kg}{s}$ represent the flow of mass

If we look at the first figure attached Table A-13 we see that the specific volume for the inlet condition is

$\upsilon_i =0.04304\frac{kg}{m^3}$ and the entropy is $h_i=1.0645\frac{KJ}{KgK}=h_o$

With the value of entropy and the outlet pressure of 100 Kpa we can find we specific volume at the outlet condition since w ehave the entropy $h_o=1.0645\frac{KJ}{KgK}$

Since on the table we don't have the exact value we need to interpolate between these two values (see the second figure attached)

$h_1=1.0531\frac{KJ}{KgK} , \upsilon_1=0.22473\frac{kg}{m^3}$

$h_2=1.0829\frac{KJ}{KgK} , \upsilon_2=0.23349\frac{kg}{m^3}$

Our interest value would be given using interpolation like this:

$\upsilon=0.22473+\frac{(0.23349-0.22473)}{(1.0829-1.0531)}(1.0645-1.0531)=0.228\frac{kg}{m^3}$

2) Solution to the problem

Now since we have all the info required to solve the problem we can find the velocities on this way.

We know from the definition of flow of mass that $\dot{m}=\frac{\dot{V}}{\upsilon}$ , but since $\dot{V}=Av$ we have this:

$\dot{m}=\frac{Av}{\upsilon}$

If we solve from the velocity v we have this:

$v=\frac{\upsilon \dot{m}}{A}$ (*)

And now we just need to replace the values into equation (*)

For the inlet case:

$v_i=\frac{\upsilon_i \dot{m}}{A_i}=\frac{0.043069\frac{kg}{m^3}(0.75\frac{kg}{s})}{0.5m^2}=0.0646\frac{m}{s}$

For the oulet case:

$v_o=\frac{\upsilon_o \dot{m}}{A_o}=\frac{0.228\frac{kg}{m^3}(0.75\frac{kg}{s})}{1m^2}=0.171\frac{m}{s}$

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