Marbles Going Through Pipes Sound

It all started when the straits times forum published a letter by bank executive joseph wong who kept hearing the sound of falling marbles in his flat.

Marbles going through pipes sound.

This phenomenon has been in the news lately. Abstract this is a really fun project even if you don t like going on roller coasters yourself. But this makes pinpointing the origin even more challenging. The pipe bounces back up falls back into place the sound occurs and the cycle repeats a couple of times though there is less force each time.

You ll build a roller coaster track for marbles using foam pipe insulation and masking tape and see how much of an initial drop is required to get the marble to loop the loop. This causes a vibration in the pipes and creates the sound of marbles dropping. A sudden change in water flow mixed with soapy bubbles will create air pockets that burst and echo through the pipes. However this usually produces a single sound.

Soon after a few cycles the force is too small. Can you find a correlation. Then again think about this. Of course despite the scientific explanations that don t really sound scientific enough.

Plumbing is a good. They say the sound comes from water trickling through pvc pipes which gets distorted through concrete before emerging as the sound of falling marbles. Building experts told us that it s due to the pipes mosquito traps or vibrations that go through the walls. The sounds are primarily coming from the pipes in most cases.

The sound it creates is similar to that of marbles dropping. If the sound alters as it moves through a building it means actual marbles and pins can t be the root cause. Pipes making sounds that sound so much like marbles.