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Re: Chimes; Waves in Pipes, Rods, Bars, etc



This sounds interesting. Do you want to share your design calculations. I'm
not sure I would know how to match the fork frequency with the air column
frequency. Or is it a case of just keep cutting till you hit a resonance?
Regards Scott.

OK.
Here are measurements on the one I made this morning with help
of our machinist.

Material Square iron tubing, one inch outside, wall thickness .080 "

Length 8 "
Slot width 0.285"
Slot length 2.75"
End of slot widened 0.37", rounded
Frequency 1120

Ringing time about 5 s


Clarence Bennett
Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan
248 370 3418
http://www3.acs.oakland.edu/physics/staff_info/Bennett.htm