We see that
13 13
(;)(;)
nn
ux t uxtλ+= for 2lλ = ; λ is called wave length. As well,
13 13
(; ) (;)
n
nn
uxt uxtτ+= for the period 2/ /
nn
ncτπωλ==, where c is the
propagation velocity of the wave. We notice that the transverse displacement
13
(;)
n
uxt vanishes for
3
//2xklnknλ== , 0,1,2,...,kn= , the vibrations of the
thread having thus
n–1 nodes between the fixed extremities. The frequency of the
vibrations (the number
n
of vibrations in a unity of time) is given by
1/ /
nn
ncτλ==, defining thus the height of the tone emitted by the wave
(important, e.g., in acoustics); for
1n = one obtains the fundamental tone, while for
2n = we have the octave of the fundamental tone.
In case of forced vibrations, due to the perturbing force
i
13 3
(;) ()e
t
pxt px
ω
= , 0ω > ,
(12.2.32')
the equation (12.2.30) reads
2
0,33
0Tu u pμω++=.
Applying the sinus Fourier transform and observing that
2
,33 3 3 ,3 3 3 3 3
0
0
0 0
sin d sin cos sin d
l l
l
l
nnnnnn
uxxuxux uxxαααααα=− −
∫∫
22
33
0
sin d F [ ]
l
nn ns
uxx uαα α=− =−
∫
,
because
(0) ( ) 0uul== and sin 0 sin 0
nn
lαα==, we get
()
22
0
F[ ] F[ ] 0
sn s
uT pαμω−−+=,
so that (we use the proper pulsation (12.2.33'))
[]
22
0
F[ ]
F[ ]
1(/ )
s
s
nn
p
u
T
αωω
=
−
;
effecting the inverse Fourier transform, it results
[]
3
i
13
22
0
0
1
sin
2
(;) e ()sin d
1(/ )
l
n
t
n
nn
n
x
uxt p
Tl
ω
α
ξαξξ
αωω
∞
=
=
−
∑
∫
.
(12.2.34)
We notice that a phenomenon of resonance can take place if the pulsation
ω of the
forced vibrations is very close to one of the proper pulsations
n
ω (the displacement
1
u
tends to infinity and the stability is lost by divergence); it is true that, in this case, the
hypothesis of small displacements with respect to the length of the thread does no more
hold. In case of the action of a concentrated force
i
13 3
(;) e ( )
t
pxt x
ω
δξ=− at the
point
3
x ξ= , we notice that, by abuse of notation, we can write
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