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A SONAR system fixed in a submarine operator at a frequency 40.0 kHz . An enemy submarine moves towards the SONAR with a speed of 360 km h – 1 . What is the frequency of sound reflected by the submarine? Take the speed of sound in water to be 1450 m s – 1 .
Solution:
Here, υ = 40.0 kHz ;
Speed of sound wave in water,
v = 1 , 450 m s – 1
The frequency of the waves from SONAR system will undergo a change in the following two steps :
(i) Frequency of waves from SONAR system as received by the enemysubmarine moving towards the system :
Here,v 0 = 360 km h − 1 =
= 100 ms − 1
Now,υ ′ =
υ =
× 40.0 = 42.76 kHz
(ii) Frequency of waves from the enemy’s submarine asreceived by SONAR system :
The enemy submarine will reflect the waves of frequencyυ ′ ′ = 42.756 kHz and will thus act as a source of waves moving with a speed; v s = 100 m s – 1 toward the SONAR system (listener). If υ ′ ′ is the apparent frequency as received by SONAR system, then
υ ′ ′ =
υ ′ =
× 42.76 = 45.93 kHz
Speed of sound wave in water,
The frequency of the waves from SONAR system will undergo a change in the following two steps :
(i) Frequency of waves from SONAR system as received by the enemysubmarine moving towards the system :
Here,
Now,
(ii) Frequency of waves from the enemy’s submarine asreceived by SONAR system :
The enemy submarine will reflect the waves of frequency
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