WAVE
Air yang tenang jangan disangka tiada buaya
What happen if you throw a stone into the pond?
Tanya Sama Pokok
Circular wave moving on the water surface
Wave is a disturbance that travels through a medium in a series of oscillations
medium :–
substance or a material which carries the waves from it s source to another location
disturbance
oscillations
medium
source
Energy is transferred along the direction the direction of waves without the medium being transferred
have kinetic energy + potential energy
Water did not move
Gain kinetic energy
Types of Waves
Transverse wave
A wave in which the vibration of particles in the medium is at right angle (perpendicular) to the direction of propagation of the wave
E.g: Water waves
Electromagnetic waves
The particle of the material move up and down along the direction in which the wave is travelling
Longitudinal waves
A wave in which the vibration of particles in the medium is parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave
E.g: sound wave
The particle of the material move backwards and forwards along the direction in which the wave is travelling
An imaginary line that joins all the points on the crest of wave
The direction of propagation of a wave is perpendicular to its wavefront
Oscillating System
System that undergoes a periodic to and fro movement
Terms
Occurred in an oscillating system when the system loses energy to the surroundings
Resonance
When an oscillating system is driven at its natural frequency by a periodic force
Displacement-Time Graph
Displacement-Distance Graph
Distance
λ
λ
λ=wavelength
Wave speed, v
recall
v = wave speed
s = distance
t = time
Displacement-Distance Graph
Distance
λ
λ
λ=wavelength
But,
Thus,
T = period
Example 1
Calculate the wave speed if its wavelength and frequency are 3.5 cm and 15 Hz respectively
Example 2
A wave travels with a speed 2.5 x 108 m s-1.
a. What is the frequency of the wave if its wavelength is 2.7 m?
b. Another wave is travelling with the same speed but has a frequency of 1.0 x 1012 Hz. What is the wavelength of the wave?
Example 3