Two of the major variables in the production of mechanical vibration are frequency and amplitude.  The consequences of frequency variation were discussed in a preceding blog.  Today’s blog concentrates on amplitude and the power implications of varying either or both frequency and amplitude. As discussed in the blog titled Ultrasonics-Sound-Amplitude, the amplitude of a vibration …

In the world of everyday sound, things happen in a fairly predictable way.  Sound vibrations are created, transmitted and received in textbook fashion.  As vibrational frequencies and or amplitudes are increased, however, that picture changes quite dramatically. In earlier blogs, we learned that as the frequency of sound (vibrational energy) is increased, the number of cycles …