Definition of Sound particle
In continuum mechanics, specifically in acoustics, a sound particle refers to a material element in a medium through which an acoustic wave is transmitted.
Here, the term material element is only applicable in the continuum model of matter, where a material body is assumed to consist of uncountably infinitely many points (called material points), which take up all the space within the region of the body. In other words, a material body is assumed to be (the closure of) a regular open, connected bounded subset of either
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What is Sound particle?
In continuum mechanics, specifically in acoustics, a sound particle refers to a material element in a medium through which an acoustic wave is transmitted.