Saturday, July 17, 2010

standing wave

I wanted to mention this yesterday and forgot. An easy demo for a standing wave is to use a piece of string about 10-15 feet long and tie one end to something sturdy. Take a jigsaw and remove the blade and attached the other end to the jigsaw. Pull tight and start the jigsaw. You will easily see the nodes and antinodes. Try difference tensions in the string to produce different wavelengths.

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