Traveling Waves & Wave Equation Sending a pulse down a string T = tension µ = mass/length
Wave Equation: F =ma For small angles: Force mass accceleration
Wave Equation: Solutions Any function y(x,t) will satisfy wave eq as long as x and t appear in the argument in the combination:
Sample Traveling Wave
Transverse traveling waves
Traveling Wave
Traveling Wave
Wave Equation Examples Electric (E) or magnetic (B) field propagating in space from an oscillating charge (Light) Current (I) or voltage (V) propagating in a coax cable c - is the speed of light The quantum-mechanical probability amplitude to find a particle at a certain location in space also satisfies a wave equation - Schroedinger’s Equation
Standing Waves Reflected pulse But if we have a incident sinusoidal traveling wave and a reflected sinusoidal wave:
Standing Waves Trig
Standing Waves
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