
A massive but uniform rope of length is suspended from a ceiling.
(a) The velocity of a transverse wave traveling on the string as a function of the distance from the lower end is .
(b) If the rope is given a sudden sideways jerk at the bottom, the timeit will take for the pulse to reach the ceiling is .
(c) A particle is dropped from the ceiling at that instant the bottom end is given the jerk, the pulse will meet the particle at .
Then the value of is:
(a) The velocity of a transverse wave traveling on the string as a function of the distance from the lower end is .


Important Questions on Wave Motion and Waves on a String


A wave with amplitude travels on a long string of linear mass density kept under a tension of .
(a) Find the average power transmitted across a given point on the string.
(b) Find the total energy associated with the wave in a long portion of the string.

A tuning fork of frequency is attached to a long string of linear mass density kept under a tension of . The fork produces transverse waves of amplitude on the string.
(a) The wave speed is .
(b) The maximum speed of the string is .
(c) The average rate is the tuning fork transmitting energy to the string is .
The value of the . Then find the value of .


Figure shows two wave pulses at travelling on a string in opposite directions with the same wave speed . Point the values on graph for the string at and .

Two waves, each having a frequency of and a wavelength of are travelling in the same direction on a string. the
(a) at the same place, if the second wave was produced after the first one then phase difference between the waves is .
(b) If the two waves were produced at the same instant but the first one was produced with a distance behind the second one then phase difference between the waves is .
(c) If each of the waves has an amplitude of then the amplitudes of the resultant waves in part (a) and (b) are .
Find .

