Rutgers Stadium Wave

 

 

 

C. Vibrations and Waves

 

 

 

Vibrations

Philip Dukes - B.Y.U.

 

 

 

 

 

Transverse and Longitudinal Waves

Transverse_and_Longitudinal_Harmonic_Waves.mov

Penn State Schuylkill

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1. Longitudinal – medium moves parallel to the direction in which the wave travels

 

Logitudinal Wave

Creating_a_Longitudinal_Wave-1.mov

Penn State Schuylkill

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ex) sound - Guitar String

 

 

 

 

 

Fletcher

 

 

 

 

 

Sources of Sounds

 

 

2. Transverse – vibrational disturbance which is perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels

Creating_a_Transverse_Wave.mov

Penn State Schuylkill

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Transverse Wave
St. Mary's Physics

 

 

St. Mary's H.S. Physics

 

 

 

 

ultraslo

 

 

Transverse Waves
University of Colorado

 

 

 

Unlike longitudinal waves,
transverse waves can be oriented in many different planes.

 

St. Mary's H.S. Physics

 

Ex) water waves, seismic waves, electromagnetic waves (light, microwaves, radio waves)

 

 

 

Electromagnetic Wave
Santa Barbara City College

 

 

Vibrating Charges
 and Electromagnetic Waves
Physics 2000

 

 

 

Ex) Longitudinal, Transverse?

 

 

 

 

 

Transverse

(Vibration perpendicular

to wave travel)