Lab 10: Transverse Standing Waves

Question 1

Goal of this lab

Answer 1

1) to produce stationary transverse waves in a string

2) to calculate the speed of the wave in the string and the frequency of the wave motion

Question 2

In a transverse wave, the motions of the particles conveying the waves are ______ to the direction of propagation of the wave its self

Answer 2

perpendicular

Question 3

What is the principle of super position?

Answer 3

The displacement of any particle at a given time due to several waves is the SUM of the displacements that the individual waves alone would give it

Question 4

Assumption of the string length we used?

Answer 4

that the length of string is an integer multiple of wavelength/2

Question 5

Most significant source of error?

Answer 5

determination of the maximum amplitude (best segments) because it is subjective

Question 6

What does the Tn^2 calculations suggest about the relationship between the tension and the number of segments in the string?

Answer 6

the values of Tn^2 ideally remain constant as the number of segments increase, and thus tension is and N^2 are proportional to each other. as N increases, tension most likely decreases in order for the values to stay constant.