Chapter 13: Vibration and Waves

What is Hooke's law and why is it so important?

What is simple harmonic motion?

What happens to the energy of a mass on a spring as it undergoes simple harmonic motion?

Show that the potential energy of a mass on a spring depends upon the square of its distance from equilibrium.

What are the quantities necessary for describing simple harmonic motion?

What does the period of a simple pendulum depend upon?

How is a physical pendulum different from a simple pendulum?

How is the motion of a traveling wave related to simple harmonic motion? What quantities used for the description of a mass on a spring are also applicable to a traveling wave on a string?

What is the relationship between frequency, wavelength and velocity for a traveling wave?

What is meant by transverse and longitudinal waves?

What determines the speed of a wave in a stretched string?

Is the speed of a wave in a string dependent upon the frequency of the wave? the amplitude?

Show the mathematical form of a sinusoidal traveling wave

How do you determine the power transmitted by a sinusoidal wave?

Describe the reflection of a pulse on a string when it hits the fixed end of the string.

*Hooke's Law

*Simple harmonic motion

*SHM energy

*Potential energy

*Elastic potential energy

*Periodic motion

*SHM calculation

*SHM frequency

*Simple pendulum

*Physical pendulum

*Periodic motion
*Description of periodic motion
*Elasticity
*Traveling waves
*Simple harmonic motion
*Wave relationship
*Reflection
*Refraction
*Interference
*Diffraction
*Wave speed
*Longitudinal waves
*Transverse waves
*Mammoth Lakes example
*Sound waves in air
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Chapter 14: Sound Waves

Describe what happens when a sound wave travels through air. What conditions must be met for it to be audible?

What determines the speed of sound in air?

Describe the four wave phenomena: reflection, interference, refraction, diffraction . Are they all observed with sound waves?

Describe the superposition of waves and its relationship to wave interference.

Describe the change of phase of a string wave when it reflects off a fixed end. How does that affect interference of the incident and reflected waves?

What is meant by a resonant frequency? How is the resonant frequency determined for a stretched string?

Describe the resonances or "standing waves" of open and closed cylindrical pipes.

*Periodic motion
*Elasticity
*Traveling waves
*Audible sound
*Wave relationship
*Reflection
*Refraction
*Interference
*Diffraction
*Wave speed
*Speed of sound in air
*Beats
*Subjective tones
*State Patrol radar
*Heterodyne principle
*AM radio
*FM radio
*Pitch
*Loudness
*Quality
*Longitudinal waves
*Transverse waves
*Mammoth Lakes example
*Sound waves in air
*Pitch
*Ear
*Place theory
*Sharpening
*Loudness
*Sound intensity
*Decibels
*Quality
*Resonance
*Standing waves
*Vibrating string
*Air columns
*Open air column
*Closed air column
*Cavity resonance
*Coke bottle
*Bass reflex speaker
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