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Waves and Sound: Mechanical Waves, Sound Frequency, SONAR and Doppler Effect | तरंग एवं ध्वनि: यांत्रिक तरंग, आवृत्ति, सोनार और डॉप्लर प्रभाव

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Waves / तरंगें

A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transporting matter from one place to another.

तरंग एक disturbance है जो matter का transportation किए बिना energy को एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान तक propagate करती है।

Types of Waves / तरंगों के प्रकार

The source broadly divides waves into Mechanical Waves and Electromagnetic Waves.

Source waves को broadly Mechanical Waves और Electromagnetic Waves में divide करता है।

Mechanical Waves / यांत्रिक तरंगें

Mechanical waves are discussed in two forms in the source: longitudinal waves and transverse waves.

Mechanical Waves को source में Longitudinal Waves तथा Transverse Waves में divide किया गया है।

Longitudinal Waves / अनुदैर्ध्य तरंगें

In longitudinal waves, particles of the medium vibrate in the direction of propagation of the wave.

Longitudinal Wave में medium के particles wave के propagation की direction में vibrate करते हैं।

  • Waves on springs / Spring में उत्पन्न तरंगें
  • Sound waves in air / वायु में ध्वनि तरंगें

Transverse Waves / अनुप्रस्थ तरंगें

In transverse waves, particles of the medium vibrate perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

Transverse Waves में medium के particles propagation की direction के perpendicular vibrate करते हैं।

  • Waves on a stretched string / तनी हुई डोरी की तरंगें
  • Waves on the surface of water / जल की सतह की तरंगें

Electromagnetic Waves / विद्युतचुंबकीय तरंगें

Electromagnetic waves do not require a material medium and can propagate through vacuum. The source gives light, radio waves and X-rays as examples.

Electromagnetic Waves को propagation के लिए material medium की आवश्यकता नहीं होती और ये vacuum में भी travel कर सकती हैं। Light, radio waves तथा X-rays इसके examples हैं।

Sound Waves / ध्वनि तरंगें

The source describes sound waves as longitudinal mechanical waves.

Source Sound Waves को Longitudinal Mechanical Waves बताता है।

Audible Sound / श्रव्य ध्वनि

Frequency range: 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.

20 Hz से 20,000 Hz तक की sound waves audible waves कहलाती हैं।

Infrasonic Waves / अवश्रव्य तरंगें

Sound waves with frequencies below 20 Hz are infrasonic waves.

20 Hz से कम frequency वाली sound waves Infrasonic कहलाती हैं।

Ultrasonic Waves / पराश्रव्य तरंगें

Sound waves having frequency above 20,000 Hz are ultrasonic waves.

20,000 Hz से अधिक frequency वाली waves Ultrasonic Waves कहलाती हैं।

Uses of Ultrasonic Waves / पराश्रव्य तरंगों के उपयोग

  • Sending signals / Signals भेजना
  • Measuring depth of sea / समुद्र की गहराई मापना
  • Cleaning machinery parts in difficult-to-reach locations / कठिन स्थानों पर स्थित machinery parts की cleaning

Speed of Sound / ध्वनि की गति

  • Speed of sound is maximum in solids and minimum in gases. / Sound की speed solids में maximum तथा gases में minimum होती है।
  • When sound changes medium, its speed and wavelength change but frequency remains unchanged. / Medium बदलने पर speed और wavelength बदलते हैं, frequency नहीं।
  • The source states that speed increases with temperature. / Temperature बढ़ने पर sound की speed बढ़ती है।
  • Sound travels faster in humid air than dry air according to the source. / Source के अनुसार humid air में sound की speed dry air से अधिक होती है।

Echo / प्रतिध्वनि

The repetition of sound due to reflection of sound waves is called an echo.

Sound waves के reflection के कारण sound की repetition को Echo कहते हैं।

Intensity / तीव्रता

Intensity is the amount of energy passing per unit time through unit area perpendicular to the direction of sound propagation.

Pitch / तारत्व

The sensation associated with frequency is called pitch.

Sound की frequency से related sensation को Pitch कहते हैं।

SONAR

SONAR stands for Sound Navigation and Ranging.

SONAR का full form Sound Navigation and Ranging है।

Uses of SONAR / सोनार के उपयोग

  • Measuring sea depth / समुद्र की गहराई मापना
  • Locating enemy submarines / Enemy submarines का पता लगाना
  • Locating shipwrecks / डूबे हुए जहाजों का पता लगाना

Doppler Effect / डॉप्लर प्रभाव

When there is relative motion between a sound source and an observer, the apparent frequency heard by the observer differs from the actual frequency emitted by the source. This is called the Doppler Effect.

जब source और observer के बीच relative motion होता है तो observer द्वारा सुनी गई apparent frequency actual emitted frequency से different हो सकती है। इसे Doppler Effect कहते हैं।

  • Distance decreases → Apparent frequency increases.
  • Distance increases → Apparent frequency decreases.



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