What is the name of the phenomenon; when a soprano singer hits a particular frequency able to shatter a glass?

Question

-what causes it?
-Yr 12 physics question on wave interactions

Answer 1

its called resonance.. when the frequency of an object matches the fundamental frequency of another.. they start to resonate...
If the amplitude of the resonance is high enough the glass shatters...
Also this effect is take into consideration while construction of flyovers and bridges... if there is too much sound from vehicles and it matches the fundamental frequency of the bridge it can oscillate greatly and can collapse..
similarly if ur travelling within a vehicle ull notice that at a particular speed the windows start vibrating... due to resonance...

its a forced oscillation... that is the objects remain in resonance only while the frequencies remain matched...

Answer 2

Its called Acoustic Resonance, In physics, resonance is the tendency of a system to oscillate at maximum amplitude at a certain frequency. This frequency is known as the system's natural frequency of vibration, resonant frequency, or eigenfrequency. Crystal glassware has a unique resonant frequency that when matched by enough amplitude causes the glass to vibrate to where the molecular bonds give away.

Answer 3

Every object in the universe has what is called a resonant frequency. This is the frequency at which the atoms and molecules oscillate freely at ever increasing amplitude until the structure can no longer sustain its physical form and disintegrate.

This is known as resonance.

Answer 4

it's called resonance because it's the same frequency