PHYSICS   LECTURE   DEMONSTRATIONS

M-W1   :   Standing Waves (I)

UNIT: Waves
PURPOSE: Show transverse standing waves 
EQUIPMENT:
1. six-feet coil-spring 
2. Small clamp
SUGGESTIONS: Demonstrate 
1. Traveling pulse, reflected pulse
2. Speed of a pulse as a function of tension
3. Standing waves (two fixed ends) (one to five antinodes can be reliably produced)
DISCUSSION: --

 
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1. 2 nodes, 1 antinode
2. 3 nodes, 2 antinodes
3. 4 nodes, 3 antinodes
4. 5 nodes, 4 antinodes
5.  nodes,  antinodes
6.  nodes,  antinodes