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Dominic Pizarro
ALICE
TULLY
HALL
-Hosts chamber concerts in New York's Lincoln Center -Criticized for poor sound quality
Longitudinal Wave Particle displacement is parallel to the direction of the wave propagation
SOUND
Transverse Wave Particle displacement is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation
WAVES
=F O R M U L A S=
-Sound Intensity Level: IL=10 log10 (I/Io) -Sound intensity at a certain point near the sound source: I=(PAV)/(4r2) -Wavelength=velocity / frequency -Natural Frequency: n= 187.8 / (d)
RENOVATIONS
-Two important factors: 1. Sound Absorption 2. Reverberation
-Walls now composed of wood panels and covered with paper-thin veneer from African moabi tree -Not all wood panels are of the same thickness -Soft rubber pads to absorb vibration from subway