Does sound waves generate geometric forms in matter?

Question

oracleofohio,;thanks for providing the concept name,!!!

Answer 1

Yes. see this video----

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

Answer 2

They can appear to if you hit the resonance frequency of whatever you're hitting with the sound waves.  However, they don't do it 'on purpose' - it's a response of that particular substance, not the wave itself.

Answer 3

Thee are 2 common kinds of geometric spreading: spherical and cylindrical spreading, and there are some laws. Let's see the first one I've found for you dear friend.

The inverse square law, by which the mean square sound pressure level varies inversely as the square of the distance from the source. And you'll find a table in

www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/handbook/Inver...

you'll also find some interesting drawings in

sfu.ca/sonic-studio/handbook/Sound_Pro...

The importance of these phenomena depends on the situation to be considered, sometimes ground effects and

Answer 4

Yes. It's called cymatics and it's totally fascinating! I keep forgetting to try this at band practice.....

Check out these links too :

http://www.tjmitchell.com/stuart/rosslyn...

http://www.crystalinks.com/rosslynchapel...

Very interesting stuff.