Equation of Wave

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Equation of Wave: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Laplace Wave Condition, General Wave Equation, Sinusoidal Travelling Waves, Forms of Sinusoidal Wave Equation, Sinusoidal Waves in Terms of Angular Frequency and Wave Number, Relation among Wave Speed, etc.

Important Questions on Equation of Wave

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

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If x-α sinωt-π/6 and x=αcos ωt, then the phase difference between the two waves is 

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The expression for a sinusoidal wave at a fixed location can be written as:

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 In a region of constant potential

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Equipotential surface of a greater distance from a collection of charge whose total sum is not zero one approximately.

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A test charge is moved from lower potential point to a higher potential point. The potential energy of test charge will.

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The transverse displacement at position x and time t in a string due to a travelling wave is given by y(x, t)=3.0cos(πx-4πt)cm, where x is in centimeters and t is in seconds. Which of the following statements is wrong?

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The equation of a wave travelling in a string can be written as y=3 cos π 100t-x cm. Its wavelength is 

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A plane progressive wave is given by y=2cos 6.284(330t-x). What is the time period of the wave?

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The relation between wavelength λ and angular wavenumber kof the wave is 

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The transverse displacement yx,t of a wave on a string is given by yx,t=e-ax2+bt2+2ab xt. This represents a

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Equation of a wave motion (with t in second and x in metre) is given by, y=7 sin7πt-0.04πx+π3. The velocity of the wave is given by :

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A wave of amplitude A=0.2 m, velocity v=360 ms-1 and wavelength 60 m is travelling along positive x-axis, then the correct expression for the wave is

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The equation of a progressive wave is y=8sinπt10-x4+π3. The wavelength of the wave is,

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The equation of a wave travelling on a string is y=4sinπ28 t-x8, where x, y are in cm and t in second. The velocity of the wave is

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What is the relation between angular frequency and the time period of a wave?

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Two graphs of the same harmonic wave are shown below. The graph (1) on the left shows the displacement of wave y, as a function of position x for a given instant of time. The graph (2) on the right shows the displacement of the wave as a function of time t for a given position. The speed of the wave is

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A harmonically moving transverse wave on a string has a maximum particle velocity and acceleration of 3 m/s and 90 m/s2 respectively. Velocity of the wave is 20 m/s. Find the waveform.

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The motion of particles of a wave at x1=0 cm and x2=1 cm are given by the following equations respectively. (displacement is in cm)

y1=2sin3πt and y2=2sin(3πtπ8)

Find the wave velocity.

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