INPhO 2019, Теория — Задача 1. Propagation of sound
Indian National Physics Olympiad – 2019 · 3 февруари 2019 г. · 9 т.
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Indian National Physics Olympiad – 2019
Date: 03 February 2019. Time: 09:00–12:00 (3 hours). Maximum Marks: 75.
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Table of Constants
| Constant | Symbol | Value |
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| Speed of light in vacuum | ||
| Planck’s constant | ||
| Universal constant of Gravitation | ||
| Magnitude of electron charge | ||
| Rest mass of electron | ||
| Value of | ||
| Avogadro’s number | ||
| Acceleration due to gravity | ||
| Universal Gas Constant | ||
| Permeability constant |
| Question | Marks | Score |
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| 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | 12 | |
| 4 | 7 | |
| 5 | 9 | |
| 6 | 14 | |
| 7 | 13 | |
| Total | 75 |
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Solutions of Indian National Physics Olympiad – 2019
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Условие
In the lower part of the earth’s atmosphere, the temperature decreases with increase of height. Choose the origin of the coordinate system at the ground level with the -axis vertically upward and the -axis horizontal. We assume a linear decrease of temperature such that the temperature at a height from the ground level is
where is the temperature at the ground level. The constant . We consider the propagation of sound in the - plane. Ignore any attenuation, reflection, and diffraction of sound.
Native answer booklet: PDF pages10–26 and30 (printed pages9–25 and29) are eighteen blank Detailed Answers pages with a “Que. No.” box and, on alternate printed pages, a “Last four digits of Roll No.:” field. The complete original remains available; its first blank answer-page template is retained here.

a) If is the speed of sound at the ground level, obtain an expression for the speed of sound at height , in terms of and .
Summary answer box: [blank]. [1 т.]
b) Suppose sound propagates from the origin with an initial angle with the -axis. Obtain an expression for the angle made by the direction of propagation of sound with the horizontal at height , in terms of and .
Summary answer box: [blank]. [2 т.]
c) Obtain an expression for the and coordinates of a point on the path of propagation as functions of .
Summary answer boxes: [blank]; [blank]. [3 т.]
d) For this part assume the direction of propagation of sound to be horizontal at the origin. For the case where is of the order or less, obtain an approximated expression relating and i.e. . Obtain for .
Summary answer boxes: [blank]; Value of [blank].
Detailed answers can be found on page numbers: [blank]. [3 т.]
Решение
(a)
Speed of sound is
where and are the molar mass and adiabatic index of the gas respectively.
Here is the speed of the sound at ground level.
(b)
Consider the propogation of sound ‘ray’ from one medium to the other.

From Snell’s law
(c)
(d)
For and , Eq. (1.6) gives (very small).
Accepted range: –.
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