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OBJECTIVE:
At the end of this unit you should be able
to:
Definition of Waves
A wave is "a disturbance or variation
Types of Waves
Water waves have two features common to
all waves:
1. A wave is a traveling disturbance.
2. A wave carries energy from place to
place.
Types of Wave
Longitudinal Wave
Sound Wave
Longitudinal Sound Waves
Sound is a longitudinal wave that is created
by a vibrating object, such as a guitar string,
the human vocal cords, or the diaphragm of a
loudspeaker.
Sound can be created or transmitted only in
a medium, such as a gas, liquid, or solid.
The particles of the medium must be present
for the disturbance of the wave to move from
place to place.
Sound cannot exist in a vacuum.
Frequency of a Sound
Wave
second.
A sound with a single frequency is called a
pure tone.
Sound waves with frequencies below 20 Hz
are said to be infrasonic, while those with
frequencies above 20 kHz are referred to as
ultrasonic.
the length of the tube. Although this graph has the appearance of
a transverse wave, remember that the Sound itself is a
longitudinal wave.
The graph also shows the pressure amplitude of the wave,
Exercise :
From the wave equation given below,
identify the:
d = 4 Sin ( 2t 3x )
Amplitude of the wave.
Wave Length
Periodic time and Frequency
Speed of wave.