Wave Impedance -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Wave Impedance

For a pressure wave, the wave impedance Z is defined as

(1)

where K is the bulk modulus, v is the wave speed, and s is the wave displacement.

Impedance




References

Bekefi, G. and Barrett, A. H. Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves, and Radiation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p. 133, 1987.



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