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Traveling Waves Wave Equation
Sending a pulse down a string
T tension µ mass/length
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Wave Equation F ma
For small angles
Force
mass
accceleration
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Wave Equation Solutions
Any function y(x,t) will satisfy wave eq as long
as x and t appear inthe argument in the
combination
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Sample Traveling Wave
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Transverse traveling waves
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Traveling Wave
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Traveling Wave
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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 - Schroedingers
Equation
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Standing Waves
Reflected pulse
But if we have a incident sinusoidal
travelingwave and a reflected sinusoidal wave
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Standing Waves Trig
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Standing Waves
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Trig Review
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Beats