How is the Doppler effect calculated?
Doppler Effect Frequency Calculation
- At temperature C = F.
- the sound speed in air is m/s.
- If the source frequency is Hz.
- and the velocity of the source is m/s = mi/hr.
- then for an approaching source the frequency is Hz.
- and for a receding source the frequency is Hz.
How do you use Doppler effect to calculate velocity?
When the source is moving in the x-direction but the observer is stationary, you can find the velocity of the source by taking the general wavelength and frequency equations, setting vO = 0, and then solving for vS.