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SlinkyLab
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Activity1:WavePulsesandInterference
Test1
:StretchingtheslinkyoutonthetableIshooktheslinkysharplytotherightorleftonetime
toproduceawavepulse.Ithensketchedhowtheslinkyappeared.

Question1
:Isthisatransverseorlongitudinalwave?
ThewaveyouseeaboveisaTransverseWavebecause,theenergywasbeingtransported
fromlefttoright.(youcanseethismovementinmysketchesabove)
Test2.
Withtheslinkystillstretched,Isharply
pushed
theslinky
inward
onetime.

Question2
:

Isthisatransverseoralongitudinalwave?
ThisisaLongitudinalWavebecause,theenergywasbeingtransportedfromlefttoright
andtheparticlesofthemediummoveparalleltothedirectionthatthepulsemoves.(you
canseethismovementinmysketches)
Question3:

Inwhatwaysarethesetwowavesdifferentandinwhatwaysaretheythesame?
Bothwavesarethesamebecausetheybothtransferenergy.Theyaredifferentbecausethe
particlesinaTransverseWavegoupanddownandtheparticlesinaLongitudinalWavego
lefttoright.
Test3.
Iplacedacrumpledpieceofpaperbesidetheslinkynearoneend.Ithencreateda
transverse
wavepulsefromtheotherendthatcausedthecrumpledpapertomove.

Question4
:Theobjectwasinitiallyatrest,andthenbegantomove.Whattypeofenergydidthe
objectgain?
Thecrumpledpieceofpapergainedkineticenergy.

Question5:
Wheredidthisenergycomefrom?
Theenergycamefromtheslinkythatwastransferringkineticenergy.Theslinkygotits
energyfromwhenIintroducedthepulse.

Question6
:Wouldthisexperimenthaveworkedwithalongitudinalwave(withtheobjectinthe
sameposition)?
Thisexperimentwouldnthaveworkedifweusedalongitudinalwavebecause,theparticles
inalongitudinalwavegolefttorightnotupanddownlikeatransversewave.
Test4)I
generatedasingletransversewavepulsebymovingmyhandquicklytotheleft.I
observedthevelocitywithwhichthewavetravelsthroughtheslinky.Ichangedthe
tension
inthe
slinkybygatheringaboutaquarteroftheslinkyinmyhandsmakingthistheendandthenstretch
theremainingslinky3to4meterslikebefore.Inotethetimeittakesthewavepulsetogettothe
otherend.Irepeatedthisagainmakingtheslinkyeventighter.
Westartedoutthisexperimentbygeneratingasingletransversewavepulsewiththe
slinkystretchedoutto4meters.Wenotedthetimeittookthepulsetogettotheother
end.
4meters:.69ms.
Wethengatheredaboutaquarteroftheslinkychangingitslengthandtension.Wealso
changedtodistanceforendtoendto3meters.
3meters:.55ms.
Wetightentheslinkyevenmore....
3meters:.45ms.
FinalConclusions:
Themoretensionthehigherthevelocityis.

Activity2:ResonantFrequenciesharmonics
I
nowbegantoproducecontinuouswaveswhichtraveldowntheslinky.Ialsoproducecontinuous
wavestheappeartostaythesameotherwiseknownasstandingwavesandareaspecialcaseof
acontinuouswave.

StandingWaves:
Test5:
Iproducedatransversecontinuousstandingwaveandsketchedhowtheslinkyappeared.

Question7
:Explainthedifferencebetweencontinuoustravelingwavesandcontinuousstanding
waves.
Thedifferencebetweencontinuousstandingwavesandtravelingwavesarethat,in
continuousstandingwavesthepatternappearstonotmovewhereasintravelingwaves
youcanactuallyseethewavemovealongtheslinky.
Question8
:Youwillwanttodeterminethe
frequencyofvariousstandingwaves
.Whatisa
goodmethodfordoingthis?
Waystominimizeerrors:
Recordwave
Timethewaveforalongerperiodoftime
Problem1
:Usingmymethod,Ideterminedthe
frequencyforasinglestandingwave
.
Wesetatimerfor10sec.andcounted10osullations.
1010=1
Frequenceyforasinglestandingwave:1osullationpersec.

Problem2
:Whatisthewavelengthofthiswave?

Thewavelengthofthiswaveis8meters.Igotthisresultfrommeasuringthenobes
whichwere4metersapart.Whenyoucreateasinglestandingwave,youreonlycreating
halfawave.Sincewestretchedoutourslinky4meterswedoubledthattofindthe
wavelengthwhichwas8meters.

Problem3
:Whatisthevelocityofthiswave?
v=wavelength*frequency(*f)
Wavelength:8meters
Frequency:1osullation
81=8Velocity:8mps

Test6
:Withtheslinkystretchedthesameamountasabove,Itriedtocreateadoublestanding
wave.
Problem4
:Usingthesamemethod,Ideterminedthefrequencyofthiswave.
Osullations:1.7
Seconds:10

1710=1.7Frequency:1.7osullations

Question9
:Howdoesthefrequencycomparetothatofthesinglestandingwave?Whatdoyou
thinkthefrequencyofatriplestandingwavewouldbe?

Accordingtomydatathefrequencyofadoublestandingwaveishigherthatthatofasingle
standingwave.Ithinkthefrequencyofatriplestandingwavewouldbehigherthana
doubleandsinglestandingwavebecausethevelocityishigher.
Problem5
:Whatisthe
wavelength
ofthe
doublestandingwave
.Howdoesitcomparetothatof
thesinglestandingwave?Whatdoyouthinkthewavelengthofatriplestandingwavewouldbe?

Wavelengths:
Doublestandingwave:4meters
Singlestandingwave:8meters
Triplestandingwave:2.7meters

Thewavelengthofadoublestandingwaveisshorterthanthatofasinglestandingwave.
Thisisbecausewhenyoucreateasinglestandingwave,youreonlycreatinghalfawave.
Sincewestretchedoutourslinky4meterswedoubledthattofindthewavelengthwhich
was8meters.Whenwecreatedadoublestandingwavewehadcreatedonefullwave
withinthe4meters.Whenyoucreateatriplestandingwaveyoucreated11/2waves.To
findthewavelengthweneededtodoabitofmath:

4=3/2x
4/3/23/2/3/2
4/1.5=x
2.7=x

Problem6
:Asabove,Icalculatedthevelocityofthedoublestandingwave.
Wavelength:4meters
Frequency:1.7osullations

41.7=6.8Velocity:6.8mps

Whatdoyouobserveaboutthedifferenceinvelocitiesofthesingleanddoublewaves?
Singlestandingwaveshaveahighervelocitythandoublestandingwaves.