Waves transfer energy, right? Well they can, but they can also store energy and not go anywhere at all.
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Did you mean the distance between 2 nodes is lambda over 2?
@Aiknaath Jain You’re right. A common mistake is that people think the distance from node to node is the wavelength when it is half the wavelength.
But how about the distance between two antinodes? Isn’t that a wavelength?
@Rinu Pereira Distance between two antinodes is still half wavelength
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Here it is an animation of standing waves
Shouldn’t the 3rd harmonic be 3/2 Lambda
+Cardifyz you could rearrange to write it as L= so it’s L=3/2 Lambda , because L contains 1.5 wavelengths
1.5 wavelengths in one length
therefore λ = L/ 1.5
therefore λ = L / (3/2)
therefore λ = 2L / 3 remember leave, change, flip
what are the characteristics of stationary waves ???
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+A Level Physics Online Hi, at 0:56 you say the two progressive waves will have the same phase difference? It was my understanding that the two waves should be in antiphase in order for stationary waves to occur?
Hi, at 0:56 you say the two progressive waves will have the same phase difference? It was my understanding that the two waves should be in antiphase in order for stationary waves to occur?
really useful video thanks. Just wondering what is the difference between a stationary wave and a progressive wave in terms of phase difference?
+Naomi Snow Phase difference can apply to both, do you have an example question where this comes up?
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+Usman Alamgir Thanks
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Thanks so much! I was struggling with this topic.
At 2:31, did you mean to say ‘node’ instead of ‘antinode,’ as shouldn’t the sentence be “The distance from a node to another node is equal to the wavelength of that wave, over 2” (not “The distance from a node to another antinode is equal to the wavelength of that wave, over 2”)??
no
yea he made a mistake there
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if the stationary wave doesnt transfer energy then why can you hear sound from a guitar?
If I’ve understood correctly, at nodes the energy that would be transmitted by a progressive wave is cancelled out by the fact that in a standing wave, destructive interference occurs where the energy transferred is cancelled out and so noise from sound waves is cancelled out. However, at any other point in the wave, constructive interference between the transmitted wave and the reflected wave (which forms the standing wave), occurs, and so the amplitude is actually doubled at these points so at those place in the wave the sound produced is actually louder and it’s at these points where you actually hear the sound, loudest, at the antinodes.
misunderstoof it g. It holds most of its energy because it is being held at two points, so the wave is not progressing anywhere. But, the particles in the wave are vibrating. This trasnfers vibrations to the air, causing sound
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What is the pattern between the different harmonic patterns?
Sir those explanations are really good
Hi 🙂 Great video.
Quick question: isn’t wavelength supposed to be the distance between 2 consecutive nodes/antinodes? why is it lambda over 2 for the fundamental frequency
Distance between 2 consecutive nodes or antinodes is HALF OF WAVE LENGTH
1:41 can this ever form from EM waves like light waves
Thank you!
You just saved me from my misconception about it.
could you go through similarities and differences of progressive and stationary waves? It is on the spec, but I can’t find any information on it online.
where do you pluck the string to form stationary waves?
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shouldnt the reflected wave cause interference and cancel out the produced wave???
its in phase, so the interference is constructive
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What does the period of a standing wave exactly mean?
Thank you
Does that mean when a stationary wave is created, at the nodes is there deconstructive interference and at antinodes there is constructive interference?
That’s right
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At 4:06 you have written 3rd Harmonic as Lambda= 2/3 L. Shouldn’t it be Lambda= 3/2 L for 3rd Harmonic?
1/3 L =lambda/2 so from that we can say lambda = 2/3 L
what is the difference between a maxima and an anti-node?
Nice animation!