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Problem 1: A string of length 1.5 m oscillates in the standing wave pattern shown in the figure below.
The string has a linear density u =
acceleration due to gravity is g = 9.8 m/sec².
(a) What is the speed of the waves?
(b) What is the frequency of the oscillations?
(c) Suppose the string continues to oscillate with the frequency you found in part (b). How many nodes
will the standing wave pattern have if the suspended mass is now M
7.35 x 10-3 kg/m and the suspended mass is M
1.2 kg. The
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A sinusoidal wave of Vmax = 10 V and T= 40 ms periodic time, Calculate the following:
Veff=Vrms of this wave:
The frequency f :
Write the equation of this wave using V=Vmax sin [ (2πf)]t
The dispersion equation for Waves is: w2(k)=(A+Bk2)(A+Bk2+Ck3)
in the case when k<<B/C calculate phase and group velocities of these waves as function of "k", and plot the graphs of these functions
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