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Locomotive steam trumpets were soon replaced by steam whistles. Air whistles were used on some diesel and electric locomotives, but these mostly employ air horns. Mouth vertical length (“cut-up”) – The mouth length (cut-up) that provides the highest sound level at a fixed blowing pressure varies with whistle scale, and some makers of multi-tone whistles therefore cut a mouth height unique to the scale of each resonant chamber, maximizing sound output of the whistle. [69] Ideal cut-up for whistles of a fixed diameter and aperture width (including single-bell chime compartments) at a fixed blowing pressure appears to vary approximately with the square root of effective length. [70] Antique whistle makers commonly used a compromise mouth area of about 1.4x whistle cross-sectional area. If a whistle is driven to its maximum sound level with the mouth area set equal to the whistle cross-sectional area, it may be possible to increase the sound level by further increasing the mouth area. . [71] [72]
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About: Fixer, Finder, Fabricator. I teach engineering to high school students, at St Marys Secondary College in Nathalia VIC Australiaa b c BIRCH, A. D.; BROWN, D. R.; DODSON, M. G.; SWAFFIELD, F. (1984). "The Structure and Concentration Decay of High Pressure Jets of Natural Gas". Combustion Science and Technology. Informa UK Limited. 36 (5–6): 249–261. doi: 10.1080/00102208408923739. ISSN 0010-2202. Plain whistle – an inverted cup mounted on a stem, as in the illustration above. In Europe, railway steam whistles were typically loud, shrill, single-note plain whistles. In the UK, locomotives were usually fitted with only one or two of these whistles, the latter having different tones and being controlled individually to allow more complex signalling. On railroads in Finland, two single-note whistles were used on every engine; one shrill, one of a lower tone. They were used for different signaling purposes. The Deutsche Reichsbahn of Germany introduced another whistle design in the 1920s called "Einheitspfeife", conceived as a single-note plain whistle which already had a very deep-pitched and loud sound, but if the whistle trigger is just pulled down half of its way an even lower tone like from a chime-whistle could also be caused. This whistle is the reason for the typical "long high - short low - short high" signal sound of steam locomotives in Germany. [18] Acoustic length [76] or effective length [77] is the quarter wavelength generated by the whistle. It is calculated as one quarter the ratio of speed of sound to the whistle's frequency. Acoustic length may differ from the whistle's physical length, [78] also termed geometric length. [79] depending upon mouth configuration, etc. [30] The end correction is the difference between the acoustic length and the physical length above the mouth. The end correction is a function of diameter whereas the ratio of acoustic length to physical length is a function of scale. These calculations are useful in whistle design to obtain a desired sounding frequency. Working length in early usage meant whistle acoustic length, i.e., the effective length of the working whistle, [80] but recently has been used for physical length including the mouth. [81] Loudest and largest whistles [ edit ]
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Steam whistles were often used in factories and similar places to signal the start or end of a shift, etc. Steam locomotives, traction engines, and steam ships have traditionally been fitted with a steam whistle for warning and communication purposes. Large diameter, low-pitched steam whistles were used on light houses, likely beginning in the 1850s. [2]
The earliest use of steam whistles was as boiler low-water alarms [3] in the 18th century [4] and early 19th century. [5] During the 1830s, whistles were adopted by railroads [6] and steamship companies. [7] Gallery [ edit ]
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The axle I came up with is just a piece of bamboo skewer, shaved slightly so that it is a tight friction-fit in the hole of the bottom plate of the whistle's case. (If I could, I would have used an acrylic axle, but I couldn't find a source of thin acrylic rod.)a b Ommundsen, Peter (2007). "Factors to consider in whistle slot width prescriptions". Horn and Whistle (115): 6–8. a b Ommundsen, Peter (2013). "Steam whistle harmonics and whistle length." Horn and Whistle 129:31-33
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