Mechanical Waves
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves Transverse Longitudinal
Transverse and Longitudinal
Transverse or Longitudinal?
Deriving the wave equation for a string
Deriving the wave equation (Cont.)
The wave equation (Skip)
Another Approach (Skip)
A more elegant proof (Skip):
Understanding the solutions
Waves Waves in general “Nice” waves (Sinusoidal waves)
Sinusoidal Waves We will focus on the sinusoidal waves. Why? Because they are nice and easy. Because all complicated wave forms can be create by adding up sinusoidal waves. (Fourier Analysis)
A wave moving to the right
Math
Wavelength λ
Period T and Frequency f
So how fast is the wave traveling?
Please remember this!!!
Transverse v and a As the wave moves to the right, each particle moves in the transverse direction (i.e. perpendicular to the direction of the wave). How to find their transverse velocity and acceleration?
Transverse v and a
Question
Find the maximum transverse speed
Question
What determines v ?
String tied at both ends L
Terminology
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The other two cases:
Energy transmission in waves (Skip)
More general (beats)