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ERIC Number: EJ892018
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Sep
Pages: 3
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 13
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
Noise Doppler-Shift Measurement of Airplane Speed
Costa, Ivan F.; Mocellin, Alexandra
Physics Teacher, v45 n6 p356-358 Sep 2007
This paper illustrates a new and practical experimental technique for studying the Doppler effect where the pitch variation of noise from a passing aircraft is used to calculate its speed.
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Acoustics, Air Transportation, Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Principles, Computation, Science Experiments
American Association of Physics Teachers. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740. Tel: 301-209-3300; Fax: 301-209-0845; e-mail: pubs@aapt.org; Web site: http://scitation.aip.org/tpt
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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