Transverse and Longitudinal waves

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Transverse and Longitudinal waves: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Sound Waves, Waves on String, Transverse and Longitudinal Waves, Wave Pulse and Continuous Waves, Progressive and Stationary Wave, and Medium for Propagation of Transverse Waves.

Important Questions on Transverse and Longitudinal waves

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Which of the following transverse waves requires a medium for propagation.

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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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 What are gravitational waves?

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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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What is the frequency of capillary(water) waves?

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The electric field associated with an electromagnetic wave in vacuum is given by E=40 coskz-6×108t i^, where E, z and t are in volt per meter, meter and second respectively. The value of wave number k is

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The frequency of an electromagnetic wave is 6×1015 s-1 . Its wave number would be

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The equation of a SHM is given by y=10sin2π45t+a. If the displacement is 5 cm at t=0, then the total phase at t=7.5s is

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A wave function is  y=0.1 sin [100πt-kx] and wave velocity is 100 m s-1, its wave number is equal to

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The equation of a wave is given by y=10sin2π45t+a. If the displacement is 5 cm at t=0, then the total phase at t=7.5 s is

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A plane progressive wave is given by y=2cos 6.284 (30t-x). What is period of the wave?

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The wave described by y=0.25 sin10πx-2πt, where x and y are in meters and t in seconds, is a wave travelling along the

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A uniform rope of length 10 m and mass 3 kg hangs vertically from a rigid support. A block of mass 1 kg is attached to the free end of the rope. A transverse pulse of wavelength 0.05 m is produced at the lower end of the rope. The wavelength of the pulse when it reaches the top of the rope is

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A uniform rope of length 10 m and mass 3 kg hangs vertically from a rigid support. A block of mass 1 kg is attached to the free end of the rope. A transverse pulse of wavelength 0.05 m is produced at the lower end of the rope. The wavelength of the pulse when it reaches the top of the rope is

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A metal wire of linear mass density of 9.8 g m-1 is stretched with a tension of 10 kg-wt between two rigid supports 1 metre apart. The wire passes at its middle point between the poles of a permanent magnet, and it vibrates in resonance when carrying an alternating current of frequency υ. The frequency υ of the alternating source is