Velocity and Acceleration of Particles in Wave Motion
Velocity and Acceleration of Particles in Wave Motion: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Maximum Particle Acceleration in Sinusoidal Waves, Slope of Point and Particle Speed in Sinusoidal Waves, Particle Acceleration and Slope of Slopes in Sinusoidal Waves and, Particle Acceleration in Sinusoidal Wave
Important Questions on Velocity and Acceleration of Particles in Wave Motion
How can we determine the particle acceleration of a sinusoidal wave?

Acceleration of a particle at any time of a sinusoidal wave is constant.

A particle performing SHM is given by the equation
Which one of the following is the correct formula for the maximum acceleration of this particle?

The phase difference between displacement and particle velocity of a longitudinal wave is _____ .

The figure below shows the wave at any instant travelling in the -direction. What is the magnitude of the slope of the curve at :

A progressive wave is represented by
Where all the observations are in MKS system. The wave velocity will be -

The transverse wave shown is travelling from right to left in a medium. The direction of the instantaneous velocity of a particle of the medium at point is

When a wave travels in a medium, displacement of a particle is given by where a, b, c are constants. The maximum particle velocity will be twice the wave velocity if

A mass and spring system oscillates with amplitude and angular frequency -

A transverse wave is described by the equation, . The maximum particle velocity is equal to four times the wave velocity, if

A wave travelling in stretched string is described by the equation .The maximum particle velocity is

A wave travelling along a string is described by the equation the maximum particle velocity is

The instantaneous displacement of a simple harmonic oscillator is given by . Its speed will be maximum at the time

A transverse sinusoidal wave moves along a string in positive -direction at a speed of . The wavelength of the wave is and its amplitude is at a particular time , the snap-shot of the wave is shown in figure. The velocity of point when its displacement is is

If the equation of transverse wave is , then the maximum particle velocity is

A wave pulse is generated in a string that lies along -axis. At the points and B, as shown in the figure, if and are the ratio of wave speed to the particle speed respectively then :

When a sound wave of wavelength. is propagating in a medium, the 'maximum velocity' of the particle is equal to the wave velocity. The amplitude of wave is

A transverse sinusoidal wave moves along a string in the positive x-direction at a speed of 10 cm/s. The wavelength of the wave is 0.5 m and its amplitude is 10 cm. At a particular time t, the snap-shot of the wave is shown in figure. The velocity of point P when its displacement is 5 cm is
