Reflection and Transmission of Transverse Waves

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Reflection and Transmission of Transverse Waves: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Reflection and Transmission of Waves, Reflection of Waves at Fixed Ends, Reflection of Waves at Free Ends, Transmission of Wave into Denser Medium, Transmission of Wave into Rarer Medium, etc.

Important Questions on Reflection and Transmission of Transverse Waves

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As shown in the figure, two strings P and Q of length 1 m and 12 m respectively are connected at A and B. R is the junction of both strings. A tension of 100 N is maintained in both strings.  The mass per unit length of strings P and Q are 0.16 kg m-1 and 0.25 kg m-1 respectively. A pulse of amplitude 2 mm is given at point A it partly reflected and partially transmitted at R. Then the amplitude of reflected and transmitted wave is:

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A man standing on a cliff claps his hand hears its echo after 1 s. If sound is reflected from mountain and velocity of sound in air is 340 m s-1. Then, the distance between the man and reflection point is,

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Phase difference between the incident and reflected wave, when the reflection happens at fixed end:

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A string is clamped at both ends such that one end of the string is at x = 0 and the other is at x = L. When the string vibrates in fundamental mode, amplitude of the mid-point O of the string is a, and tension in the string is T. What is the total energy of oscillation stored in the string?

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The pulse of a wave travels along a stretched string and reaches the fixed end of the string. It will be reflected back with:

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One end of a thin metal tube is closed by thin diaphragm of latex and the tube is lower in water with closed end downward. The tube is filled with a liquid 'x'. A plane progressive wave inside water hits the diaphragm making an angle 'θ' with its normal. Assuming Snell's law to hold true for sound. Maximum angle 'θ' for which sound is not transmitted through the walls of tube is Velocity of sound in liquid x=740 3 m/s and in water=1480 m/s

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If sound wave travel from air to water, which of the following remain unchanged?

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Two strings with masses per unit length of 25 gcm-1 and 9 gcm-1 are joined together in series. The reflection coefficient for the vibration waves is

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A progressive wave y=asinkx-ωt is reflected by a rigid wall at x=0. Then the reflected wave can be represented by

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Sound waves of v=600Hz fall normally on a perfectly reflecting wall. The shortest distance from the wall at which all particles will have maximum amplitude of vibration will be (speed of sound=300ms-1)

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Two strings with mass per unit length of 9 g cm-1 and 25 g cm-1 are joined together in series. The reflection coefficient for the vibration waves are

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A pulse of a wave train travels along a stretched string and reaches the fixed end of the string. It will be reflected with

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The intensity of sound gets reduced by 10% on passing through a slab. The reduction in intensity on passing through three consecutive slab is

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A pulse of a wave train travels along a stretched string and reaches the fixed end of the string. It will be reflected with

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A pulse of a wave train travels along a stretched string and reaches the fixed end of the string. It will be reflected with

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A plane wave, y=Asinω-xv undergoes a normal incidence on a plane boundary separating medium M1 and M2 and splits into a reflected and transmitted wave having speeds v1 and v2 then

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A plane wave y=Asinωt-xv undergo a normal incidence on a plane boundary separating medium M1 and M2 and splits into a reflected and transmitted wave having speeds V1 and V2 then