ERIC Number: EJ880931
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-May
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-0807
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Further Experiments with a Loudspeaker
Kraftmakher, Yaakov
European Journal of Physics, v31 n3 p579-589 May 2010
A common moving-coil (dynamic) loudspeaker is a device very suitable for teaching the general features of oscillating systems. As an addition to a previous paper (Kraftmakher 2009), this paper includes the following topics: (i) a new design of the optical sensor for measuring the cone oscillations; (ii) positive feedback and self-excited oscillations; (iii) the determination of the loudspeaker parameters without direct measurements of the cone oscillations; and (iv) the loudspeaker in a vacuum chamber. The measurements are performed without a lock-in amplifier. The tight connection between the mechanical and electrical parameters of a loudspeaker is confirmed. The experiments are well related to the university courses of electricity and magnetism and can be used in undergraduate laboratories. (Contains 7 figures.)
Descriptors: Physics, Science Laboratories, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Feedback (Response), Acoustics, Energy, Mechanics (Physics), College Science, Undergraduate Study
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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