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Question
When a tuning fork, struck by a rubber pad, is held over a length of the air column in a tube, it produces a loud sound for a fixed length of the air column. Name the above phenomenon. How does the frequency of the loud sound compare with that of the tuning fork? State the unit for measuring loudness.
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Solution
Resonance frequency of loud sound is either equal to or an integer multiple of the natural frequency of tuning fork. Decibel.
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