The maximum pressure variation that the human ear can tolerate in loud sound is about $30\text{ Nm}^{-2}$.…

The maximum pressure variation that the human ear can tolerate in loud sound is about $30\text{ Nm}^{-2}$. The corresponding maximum displacement for a sound wave in air having a frequency of $10^3\text{ Hz}$ is (Take, velocity of sound in air is $300\text{ ms}^{-1}$ and density of air is $1.5\text{ kg m}^{-3}$)
  1. $\frac{2\pi}{3} \times 10^{-2}\text{ m}$
  2. $\frac{2 \times 10^{-4}}{\pi}\text{ m}$
  3. $\frac{\pi}{3} \times 10^{-2}\text{ m}$
  4. $\frac{10^{-4}}{3\pi}\text{ m}$

Solution

$(\Delta p)_{\text{max}} = B A k$ $\therefore A = \frac{(\Delta p)_{\text{max}}}{B k}$ ...(i) Here, $v = \sqrt{\frac{B}{\rho}} = \frac{\omega}{k} \Rightarrow k = \omega \sqrt{\frac{\rho}{B}} = 2\pi f \sqrt{\frac{\rho}{B}}$ Further, $B = \rho v^2$ Substituting in Eq. (i), we get $A = \frac{(\Delta p)_{\text{max}}}{2\pi f \sqrt{B\rho}} = \frac{(\Delta p)_{\text{max}}}{2\pi f \rho v}$ ($\because B = \rho v^2$) Substituting all the values, we get $A = \frac{30}{2\pi \times 10^3 \times 1.5 \times 300} = \frac{10^{-4}}{3\pi}\text{ m}$

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