Energy in a rectangular membrane mode

ID: energy-in-a-rectangular-membrane-mode

For a rectangular membrane mode with peak antinode displacement A, the integrals of each squared sine factor are half the corresponding side length. Integrating local kinetic energy density gives . The total energy is , and potential energy has the complementary cosine-squared factor. Its time-averaged kinetic energy is . At equal peak displacement, frequency and density, such mean energies are proportional to area.

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