Home
Class 11
PHYSICS
In case of a travelling wave, the reflec...

In case of a travelling wave, the reflection at a rigid boundary will take place with a phase change of

A

`pi/2` radian

B

`pi/4` radian

C

`pi/6` radian

D

`pi` radian

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
D
In case of a travelling wave. the reflection at a rigid boundary will take place with a phase reversal or with a phase change of `pi` or `180^(@)`.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • WAVES

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise Beats|12 Videos

  • WAVES

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise Doppler Effect|10 Videos

  • WAVES

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise The Principle Of Superposition Of Waves|2 Videos

  • UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise Assertion And Reason|15 Videos

  • WORK , ENERGY AND POWER

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise Assertion And Reason|15 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Reflection of a travelling wave at a rigid boundary occurs with …………….. .

A sound wave may be considered either as a displacement wave or as a pressure wave . When reflection takes place from as a rigid wall , what phase change do you except in its displacement representation and in its pressure representation?

When progressive waves travelling through a medium which are incident normally on a rigid reflecting surface and get reflected with a phase change of

When a wave undergoes reflection at a denser medium, what happens to its phase ?

Assertion: In a string wave, during reflection from fix boundary, the reflected wave is inverted. Reason: The force on string by clamp is in downward direction while string is pulling the clamp is upward direction.

The change in phase if a wave is reflected from a rigid surface is

A waves undergoes reflection at a rigid wall The parameter changed during this reflection is

NCERT FINGERTIPS-WAVES-Reflection Of Waves
  1. The phenomenon of echo is an example of

    Text Solution

    |

  2. A pulse of a wavetrain travels along a stretched string and reaches th...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. In case of a travelling wave, the reflection at a rigid boundary will ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A man standing between two parallel hills, claps his hand and hears su...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. A stone is dropped into a pond from the top of the tower of height h. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A bat emits ultrasonic sound of frequency 100 kHz in air. If this soun...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. In a stationary longitudinal wave, nodes are points of

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Which of the following statements is correct?

    Text Solution

    |

  9. In an organ pipe of length L open at both ends, the fundamental mode h...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. The transverse displacement of a string clamped at its both ends is gi...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. One of the modes of resonance in a tube containing water at one end ha...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Two open organs pipes of fundamental frequencies v(1) and v(2) are joi...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. A second harmonic has to be generated in a string of length l stretche...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A string fixed at its both ends vibrates in 5 loops as shown in the fi...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Which of the following statements is incorrect for a stationary wave?

    Text Solution

    |

  16. The fundamental note produced by a closed organ pipe is of frequency v...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A steel rod of length 100 cm is clamped at the middle. The frequency o...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A pipe 30 cm long, is open at both ends. Which harmonic mode of the pi...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The frequency of tuning fork is 256 Hz. It will not resonate with a fo...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. When a string fixed at its both ends vibrates in 1 loop, 2 loops, 3 lo...

    Text Solution

    |