p 

SPL  20dB  log10  rms  , textbook equation 1.18

p 
 ref 


pref  2  10 5 Pa 
rms

 I 
IL  10dB  log10   , textbook equation 1.19
I 
 ref 

I ref 
1012W

2
pref

 
2
2  10 5 Pa rms
m2 o  csound 400rayls

 prms
2
400rayls   prms   

IL  10dB  log10 ' '   20 dB  log    10dB  log10  400 rayls

  c    
  o  csound
2 10 ' '
 o sound pref   pref  

 400rayls 
IL  SPL  10dB  log10  ' '  , textbook equation 1.21
  o  csound 
Example on page 17
Temperature 20oC, P=101,325 Pa, area 1m2 (0.282m away from a point source),
 o'  csound
'
 412.5rayls ,

 400rayls 
IL  SPL  10dB  log10    SPL  0.13dB , textbook equation 1.21
 412.5rayls 

 W 
So SPL  IL  0.13dB  10dB  log10    0.1dB
W 
 ref 

kg
According to text 22oC  air  1.18 , so at 20oC since
m3
P MW 295 K kg
 ex     air   1.188 3 . Text says ex cex  412.5rayls , so cex=347.2 m/s.
k BT N av 293K m
m
Actually text uses at 22oC csound  344.8  C  T , we would expect
s
m 293K m
cex  344.8   343.6
s 295 K s
Feynman problem 34.4, Two identical (same shape and size) whistles have frequencies that
differ by an octave (factor of two). One whistle is at -180C (temperature of liquid air) what is the
temperature of the other whistle? My assumption is that geometry determines the wavelength.

fB C 'TB TB
csound  f    C  T so  2 , so TB = 372.6K = 99.5C
fA C 'TA 273.15  180

Feynman problem 34.9, A light flexible diaphragm is located at a node of an organ pipe in which
the sound level is 120 dB at a frequency of 100 Hz. The medium is air at NTP. What is the
amplitude of the diaphragm motion in cm? (NTP = normal temperature and pressure, or 20C
and 1 atm).

293.15
 343.6  100 Hz    , so =3.44m. Recalling from lectures notes
m m
csound  344.8 
s 295.15 s
if   A  sin t  kx  (wave travelling in the +x direction) then
 P
p  B  B  A  k  cost  kx  where B  o
x 
295.15K kg
Using textbook’s  Feyn  text   1.188 3 (many other references put the number
293.15K m
closer to 1.204 http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/stp-standard-ntp-normal-air-d_772.html)

This gives BFeyn  Po  1.42 105 Pa and the amplitude is

p 2  20 Pa  
A   0.0109cm
BFeyn  k 1.42 105  2

As discussed in lecture during an adiabatic compression, PV   C , so

C m
        C '   , so Po  Pe  C '  o   e   C '  o   e  , where Po and o are
C 
P 
V m m
the equilibrium or undisturbed values of the pressure and density, and Pe and e are the
Pe  P 
disturbed values of the pressure and density. We then have 1   1  e or e  e . We
Po o Po  o
Pe T  e T Pe
also have PV=NkBT, so P=C’’T so P  Pe  C '  o T   eT  and    
Po T  o T Po
Pe  1 
and Tmax  T 1    0.0235K for 20Parms fluctuations at 293.15K (NTP).
Po   