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“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.”
- Albert Schweitzer
Two oscillators. In-phase and out-of-phase vibrations.
Mechanical waves as moving disturbance of a medium. Transverse and longitudinal waves.
Wave pulse in a string. What does the wave speed depend on?
Periodic continuous waves. Amplitude, period and frequency of a wave. Wave speed and wavelength. Relationship between wave speed, wavelength and frequency - the golden rule.
Transmission of energy in a wave. Sound waves. Ultrasound.
Properties of waves: reflection, refraction and interference. Constructive and destructive interference.
Standing waves.
Doppler effect.
Presentation: Description of Mechanical Waves
Presentation: Description of Mechanical Waves
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