How exactly do chimes produce sound? Best answer gets top points!!?
Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at
11:40 am
In a reasonably scientific definition how do they really produce sound? I need to make sure. I can’t double check any where on the internet and i have to make sure I actually know what I’m talking about so best answer gets top points.
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Each chime consists of a hollow tube, made of a rigid resonating material such as metal or glass. Striking a chime, or allowing chimes to strike each other, causes them to vibrate at a frequency that relates to the density of the material of which they are made, and the length and diameter of the hollow tube of which they are comprised; the longer and wider, the lower the fundamental tone of the chime.
Basically, the vibration of the tube that comprises a single chime causes the tube to vibrate, which sets up a vibrating column of air inside the tube itself. At certain lengths, a perfect "standing wave" of air will be produced which will result in a clear, distinct note.
Most chimes are made of hollow metal rods of one kind or another. When the wind moves them they strike each another producing their characteristic sound.
Sorry, can’t give you the particle physics behind the phenomenom but I bet even the teachers would be hard pressed for that one. Something to do with energy transference.
well i searched and i could only find one thing that says how wind chimes produce sound…it’s kinda long… here is the website
http://web.missouri.edu/~umcaswwwepic/PDF%20files/Physics_of_Wind_Chimes-KimB.pdf
it uses Adobe Reader.