Wave speed on a string

ABU EMIR HABIBULLOH

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Wave speed on a string
• In the equilibrium position the tension is F and the linear mass
density (mass per unit length) is µ.
Wave speed on a string
• We solve this for the wave speed v :
Example
• One end of a 2.00-kg
rope is tied to a support
at the top of a mine shaft
80.0 m deep. The rope is
stretched taut by a 20.0-
kg box of rocks attached
at the bottom. A
geologist at the bottom
of the shaft signals to a
colleague at the top by
jerking the rope
sideways. What is the
speed of a transverse
wave on the rope?
Execute
• The tension in the rope due to the box is
𝐹 = 𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑥 𝑔 = 20 kg x 9.80 m/𝑠 2 = 196 N
• And the rope’s linear mass density is
𝑚𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒 2 𝑘𝑔
𝜇= = = 0.0250 kg/m
𝐿 80 𝑚
• The wave speed is
𝐹 196 𝑁
ʋ= = = 88.5 m/s
µ 0.025 𝑘𝑔/𝑚