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Image: Half-open pipe wave

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Half-open_pipe_wave.gif ‎(663 × 250 pixels, file size: 114 KB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 40 frames)

Description: Animation of the sound (over)presure in a pipe open at one end, playing a pure sinusoidal note, harmonic 7 of the fundamental. A standing wave mode, with a node at the open end (right) and an antinode at the closed end (left). The profile has 4 total nodes including the open end; 1.75 full waves or 7 quarter-waves in pipe. This animation was obtained by image processing from File:Standing wave.gif (cropping the rightmost quarter-wave, then adding the axis and pipe outline)
Title: Half-open pipe wave
Credit: Own work
Author: Jorge Stolfi
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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