PHYSICAClass 11 Physics simulations · Waves
Wave speed on a stretched rope
Flick a rope and time the pulse. The speed depends on tension and mass per unit length.
What to notice
A tighter or lighter rope carries pulses faster.
Key relation
v = √(T / μ)
Try this
Quadruple the tension. Does the speed double?
What you can change
- Tension: 10 to 500 N
- Linear mass density: 1 to 50 g/m
- Rope length: 2 to 10 m
More in Waves
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- Doppler effect
- Open and closed organ pipes
- Pulse reflection at a boundary
- Resonance tube: speed of sound
- Ripple tank: two-source interference
- Sonometer: frequency and length
- Standing waves on a string
- Superposition of two waves
- Travelling wave
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