Definition Doppler effect provides the change in frequency of a sound according

to the relative motion between the sound source and the observer. This movement
can be the source, observer or both. We would say that the Doppler frequency is
assumed as a constant source but I heard depends on the speed of the source and
the observer. By measuring the Doppler effect is possible to determine the appro
ach speed or distance of a celestial object with respect to Earth. From the mome
nt that all the galaxies show a red shift of the spectral bands is a departure,
this is interpreted by most astronomers as a test of the theory of Big Bang. The
definition of the effect derived from the name of the Austrian physicist Christ
ian J. Doppler (1803-1853), who was the first to discover and describe the pheno
menon in 1843.
Formulas and calculations
often in the place where they originate in the place where they are perceived. T
he wavelength is long. In the second case, the source moves: that the observer p
erceives the source moves away as if the disturbances have the wave, the observe
r which addresses the source does so as if their length out.
In the first case, the interference generated by the source have the same
The calculation of these wavelengths from the speed of propagation of the wave,
the speed of the source (F) and the period is done with the following formulas:
The
frequencies can be calculated using the following formulas:
The
speed of sound is determined
that and
the medium moves, so it is same as
the source is in motion than when at rest. The frequency and wavelength of perce
ived change. Sometimes it is convenient to express the change in wavelength as a
fraction of the wavelength of the source at rest:
Its importance lies in the fact that they show that the relative change of frequ
ency depends on the speed ratio of source / propagation velocity of the wave, no
t both speeds.