Analysis of Formula 1 Sound by Doppler Effect

ABSTRACT: The sound generated from the formula 1 (F1) machine is characteristic in that the frequency felt by the listener changes drastically by the Doppler effect as the machine bypasses him. In textbooks, longitudinal Doppler effect is usually described. In this paper, we consider a more general case where the listener is away from the rectilinear path of the machine’s motion. As the machine bypasses the listener, in this case, the frequency drops not abruptly but gradually, the temporal width for the frequency drop depending on the machine’s speed. The frequency shift felt by the listener is analyzed as functions of time and/or machine location in our study. The machine’s speed is estimated from the frequency analysis of an actual F1 sound