Equation of Waves

Author:K K Sharma
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A traveling wave in a stretched string is described by the equation y=Asinkx-ωt. The maximum velocity of the particle is:

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A simple harmonic wave-train is travelling in a gas in the positive direction of the x-axis. Its amplitude is 2 cm, velocity is 45 m s-1 and frequency is 75 Hz. Find out the displacement of the particle of the medium at a distance of 135 cm from the origin in the direction of the wave at t=3 s. Assume that the initial phase is zero.

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A progressive wave has an amplitude 5 m and wavelength 3 m. If the maximum average velocity of particle, in half time period, is 5 m s-1 and the wave is moving in the positive x-direction, then, which of the following may be the correct equation of the wave? (Here, x is in meter)

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A boat at anchor is rocked by waves whose successive crests are 100 m apart and velocity is 25 m s-1. The boat bounces up once in every:

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For a wave y=y0sin(ωtkx), for what value of λ is the maximum particle velocity equal to two times the wave velocity?

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The linear density of a vibrating string is 1.3×10-4 kg m-1. A transverse wave is propagating on the string and is described by the equation y = 0.021 sin (x + 30t), where x and y are measured in meter and t in second. The tension in the string is,

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A man generates a symmetrical pulse in a string by moving his hand up and down. At t=0, the point in this hand moves downwards from mean position. The pulse travels with speed of 3 m s-1 on the string and his hand passes 6 times in each second from the mean position. Then the point on the string at a distance 3 m will reach its upper extreme first time at time t equal to?

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The equation of a wave is given by y=10 sin(2πt30+α). If the displacement is 5 cm at t=0, then the total phase at t=7.5 s will be,

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Equation of progressive wave is given by y=asinπt2-x4, where t is in second and x is in metre. Then the distance through which the wave moves in 4 s is

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In a string, the speed of the wave is 10 m s-1 and its frequency is 100 Hz. The value of the phase difference at a distance 2.5 cm will be

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A certain transverse sinusoidal wave of wavelength 20 cm is moving in the positive x direction. The transverse velocity of the particle at x=0, as a function of time, is as shown. The amplitude of the motion is

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Two particles of a medium, disturbed by the wave propagation, are at x1=0 cm and x2=1 cm. The respective displacements (in cm) of the particles can be given by the equations:
y1=2sin3πt and y2=2sin(3πtπ8).

In the above question, the displacement of particle, at t = 1 s and x = 4 cm, is

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Two particles of a medium, disturbed by the wave propagation, are at x1=0 cm and x2=1 cm. The respective displacements (in cm) of the particles can be given by the equations:
y1=2sin3πt and y2=2sin(3πtπ8).
The wave velocity is

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Which of the following functions correctly represent the travelling wave equation for finite values of x and t?