Publication detail

A Sound Card of the PC for Sonification of the Oscillations and Interference of the Sound Waves

DOLOŽÍLEK, M. PILCH, J. RYNDOVÁ, A.

Czech title

Využití zvukové karty PC pro ozvučení oscilací a interferenci zvukových vln.

English title

A Sound Card of the PC for Sonification of the Oscillations and Interference of the Sound Waves

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

A stereo sound card and loudspeakers possess every PC. Applying the user matched software we are able relatively easy generate the sounds which increase the meaningfulness and memorability of the numerical output of our simulations. This process is particularly inherent for demonstration of the superposition of the oscillations, interference of the waves or numerical solution of the differential equation of harmonic, inharmonic, dumped or forced oscillations. In our contribution we will present Mathcad as a tabular programming environment for this type of experiments. Using one loudspeaker we can generate the sounds representing the superposition of oscillations with different frequency, amplitude or phase. Using two loudspeakers in stereo mode we can demonstrate the interference of the waves.

Czech abstract

Zvuková karta s možností přehrávání stereo zvukových souborů patří mezi základní komponenty každého PC. Použijeme-li vhodné programové prostředí, pak můžeme poměrně snadno ozvučit výsledky numerických simulací. Takový postup zlepšuje názornost a srozumitelnost výsledků numerických řešení diferenciálních rovnic pro harmonické, neharmonické, tlumené a vynucené kmity. V našem příspěvku je dokumentováno, že vhodným programovým prostředím pro takový druh experimentů je Matcad.

English abstract

A stereo sound card and loudspeakers possess every PC. Applying the user matched software we are able relatively easy generate the sounds which increase the meaningfulness and memorability of the numerical output of our simulations. This process is particularly inherent for demonstration of the superposition of the oscillations, interference of the waves or numerical solution of the differential equation of harmonic, inharmonic, dumped or forced oscillations. In our contribution we will present Mathcad as a tabular programming environment for this type of experiments. Using one loudspeaker we can generate the sounds representing the superposition of oscillations with different frequency, amplitude or phase. Using two loudspeakers in stereo mode we can demonstrate the interference of the waves.

Keywords in English

Oscillations, Waves, Sonification, Sound card of PC, Mathcad.

Released

01.01.2005

Location

Brno

ISBN

2-914771-28-2

Book

4th International Conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education

Edition number

1

Pages count

5

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT16597,
  author="Miroslav {Doložílek} and Jan {Pilch} and Anna {Ryndová},
  title="A Sound Card of the PC for Sonification of the Oscillations and Interference of the Sound Waves",
  booktitle="4th International Conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education",
  year="2005",
  month="January",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="2-914771-28-2"
}