Standing Waves
Physics ⇒ Waves and Sound
Standing Waves starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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A pipe closed at one end and open at the other is 0.5 m long. What is the wavelength of the fundamental mode?
A pipe open at both ends has a length of 0.85 m. What is the wavelength of the fundamental mode?
A standing wave pattern is observed on a string of length 2.0 m with 5 antinodes. What is the wavelength of the wave?
A string fixed at both ends vibrates in its third harmonic. How many antinodes are present?
Describe how a standing wave is formed on a string fixed at both ends.
Describe what happens to the number of nodes and antinodes as the harmonic number increases in a standing wave on a string fixed at both ends.
Explain the difference between a node and an antinode in a standing wave.
Explain why only certain frequencies produce standing waves in a string fixed at both ends.
If the length of a string is 1.2 m and it supports a standing wave with 4 antinodes, what is the wavelength of the wave?
If the speed of a wave on a string is 300 m/s and the string is 1.5 m long, what is the frequency of the fundamental mode?
If the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, what is the fundamental frequency of a pipe open at both ends with a length of 0.85 m?
The frequency of the nth harmonic of a string fixed at both ends is given by the formula fₙ = n(v/2L). What does each symbol represent?
The fundamental frequency of a string is 200 Hz. What is the frequency of its second harmonic?
The third harmonic of a string fixed at both ends has a frequency of 600 Hz. What is the fundamental frequency?
What is the distance between two consecutive nodes in a standing wave?
Which harmonic is produced when a string fixed at both ends vibrates with 5 nodes?
