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Closed Organ Pipes

An acoustic pipe closed at one end and open at the other, having a displacement node at the closed end and an antinode at the open end.

f_n = n v / (4 L) (n = 1, 3, 5, ...) Hz
Waves, Oscillations & Acoustics

Compound Pendulum

A rigid body suspended from a fixed horizontal axis that oscillates under gravity about a pivot point.

T = 2π √(I / (m g d)) s
Waves, Oscillations & Acoustics

Constructive & Destructive Interference

The phenomenon where overlapping coherent waves combine to reinforce (constructive) or cancel (destructive) each other's amplitude.

Path Diff ΔL = m λ (Constructive), ΔL = (m + ½) λ (Destructive) m