Mean Free Path in Acoustics
In an otherwise empty cavity, the mean free path of a single particle bouncing off the walls is:
where V is volume of the cavity and S is total inside surface area of cavity. This relation is used in the derivation of the Sabine equation in acoustics, using a geometrical approximation of sound propagation.
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