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Wave frequencyRunning
Wave console. Transmit frequency at 407 Hz. Wave speed 691.9 m/s, Medium speed 340 m/s. Currently wave speed is over by 351.9 m/s.TUNINGSOURCERESONANCE407 HZ
t = 0.0s

Wave speed

691.9m/s

Medium speed

340m/s

407 Hz

Wave console. Transmit frequency at 407 Hz. Wave speed 691.9 m/s, Medium speed 340 m/s. Currently wave speed is over by 351.9 m/s.

What has to balancev=fλv = f\lambda

What is happening

You are called to a sonar buoy searching a channel for a sunken hull.

Nothing is coming back from the array. Sound travels this water at 340 m/s, the array is tuned to a 1.7 m wavelength, and the transmit frequency does not match.