Power Transmitted by a Wave on a String

IMPORTANT

Power Transmitted by a Wave on a String: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Energy and Momentum in Waves, Power Required to Maintain Waves, Intensity of Waves, Kinetic Energy of a Particle in a Sinusoidal Wave, Potential Energy of a Particle in a Wave, etc.

Important Questions on Power Transmitted by a Wave on a String

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

For a wave, y=Asin2πλϑt-x, time-average of kinetic energy is given by:

HARD
IMPORTANT

The kinetic energy of pulse (in mJ) travelling in a taut string is x. Given T=10 N & μ=0.1 kg/m. Find the value of 20 x.

Question Image

HARD
IMPORTANT

The clocktower ("ghantaghar") of Dehradun is famous for the sound of its bell, which can be heard, albeit faintly, upto the outskirts of the city 8 km away. Let the intensity of this faint sound be 30 dB. The clock is situated 80 m high. The intensity at the base of the tower is:-

HARD
IMPORTANT

Two parallel boundaries separate three media as shown in figure. Planar wave of intensity I from continuous incoherent source is incident normally on 1st boundary. Wave travels with speed v,v2 and v4 respectively in the media. Consider reflection and transmission of waves at each interface. Average energy density in steady state in medium 2 (middle one) is x3×10-7Jm3. Value of x is (consider ArAi=Vt-ViVt+Vi where Ar and Ai are amplitudes of incident and reflected waves Vt and Vi are wave speed in media where transmitted and incident waves are present respectively)

(Take, I=10-5Wm2;V=300 m/s)

Question Image

EASY
IMPORTANT

The ratio of intensities of two waves are given by 16:4, then the ratio of amplitudes of the two waves is

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

A uniform string (length L,linear mass density μ and tension F ) is vibrating with amplitude An and frequency fn in its nth mode. The total energy of oscillation E is given by :

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

At a certain instant, a stationary transverse wave produced in a string oscillating in fundamental mode fixed at both the ends is found to have maximum kinetic energy. The Amplitude at the antinode is A. The appearance of string at that instant is

EASY
IMPORTANT

A sound has an intensity of 2×10-8 W m-2. Its intensity level (in decibel) is: log102=0.3:

EASY
IMPORTANT

The intensity of light pulse travelling in an optical fiber decreases according to the relation I=I0e-αx. The intensity of light is reduced to 20% of its initial value after a distance x equal to

EASY
IMPORTANT

A sensor is exposed for time t to a lamp of power P placed at a distance l. The sensor has a circular opening that is 4d in diameter. Assuming all energy of the lamp is given off as light, the number of photons entering the sensor if the wavelength of light is λ is :- l>>d

EASY
IMPORTANT

Intensity due to point light source:-

EASY
IMPORTANT

A is singing a note and at the same time B is also singing a note with 1/8th the frequency of A. The energies of the two sounds are equal. The displacement amplitude of the note of B is:

HARD
IMPORTANT

A longitudinal standing wave,  y = a cos kx cos ω t   is maintained in a homogeneous medium of density ρ . Here ω is the angular speed and k, the wave number and a is the amplitude of the standing wave. This standing wave exists all over a given region of space.

If a graph E (= EP + EK) versus t, (i.e.,) total space energy density versus time were drawn at the instants of time t = 0 and t = T 4 , between two successive nodes separated by distance  λ 2   which of the following graphs correctly shows the total energy (E) distribution at the two instants.

HARD
IMPORTANT

A longitudinal standing wave,  y = a cos kx cos ω t   is maintained in a homogeneous medium of density ρ . Here ω is the angular speed and k, the wave number and a is the amplitude of the standing wave. This standing wave exists all over a given region of space.

The space density of the kinetic energy K.E = EK (x, t) at the point (x, t) is given by

HARD
IMPORTANT

For next three question please follow the same

A longitudinal standing wave,  y = a cos kx cos ω t   is maintained in a homogeneous medium of density ρ . Here ω is the angular speed and k, the wave number and a is the amplitude of the standing wave. This standing wave exists all over a given region of space.

The space density of the potential energy P.E.= EP (x, t) at a point (x, t) in the space is

HARD
IMPORTANT

In order to have half the velocity in the second case than in the first case, the potential applied should be

EASY
IMPORTANT

A point source emits sound in all directions in a non-absorbing medium. Two points P and Q are at distances of 2 m and 3 m respectively from the source. What will be the ratio of the intensities of that sound waves at point P and Q ?

EASY
IMPORTANT

Two waves represented by the following equations are travelling in the same medium

y1=5sin2π75t-0.25x

y2=10sin2π150t-0.50x

The intensity ratio I1I2 of the two waves is

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

If A is the amplitude of the wave coming from a line source at a distance r, then

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

With the propagation of a longitudinal wave through a material medium, the quantities transmitted in the propagation direction are