Waves & Sound
Wave speed from graphs and equations, standing waves in strings and pipes, and the family of electromagnetic waves.
Problems
- A Fast Wave
- Speed from a Wave Function
- Four Oscillations a Second
- Frequency of the Wave
- Speed from Two Wave Graphs
- Another Wave Function
- Fastest Point on the String
- Fastest Point on the String
- Doubling the Period
- The Wave Equation
- One End Closed
- Speed from a Snapshot
- Frequency of a Standing Wave
- Standing Wave in an Open Tube
- Second Harmonic
- Three Loops on a Rope
- Speed from Two Graphs
- Period of a Travelling Wave
- How Long a Pipe?
- The Odd Wave Out
- Only Waves Do This
- Shortest Wavelength
- Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
- Crossing Empty Space
- Which Wave Is Different?
- What Doesn't Change the Speed?
- Longest Wavelength
- Highest Frequency
- Which Is Transverse?
- Spot the False Statement
- Putting the Spectrum in Order
- Which Cannot Be Polarized?
- Light Versus Sound