Here are some nice animations of what happens in a tuned open end
     pipe at resonance.

     http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/waves/oti.html
     http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/sound/u11l5c.html

     Paul Lamar

Brian Carlsen wrote:

Does this argument also apply to the induction system??

Absolutely. The big difference is the lower speed of sound in the cooler
charge air.


Paul Lamar
 
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