Obtain an expression for the volume strain in a medium when a longitudinal wave propagates through the medium.

Longitudinal waves can pass through .......

Write down the equation for the excess pressure when a wave propagates through a medium.

Transverse waves propagate in a medium with

(a) Obtain the relation connecting particle velocity and wave velocity. (b) What is wavefunction? What is its significance ? (c) When a longitudinal wave passes through a medium (liquid or gas) write down the expression for the pressure amplitude of the wave.

What characterstic of a medium determines the speed of longitudinal wave through it ?

Explain how sound is propagated as a longitudinal wave .

Which of the following statements are true wave motion? a) Mechanical transverse waves can propagate through all mediums. b) Longitudinal waves can propagate through solids only c) Mechanical transverse waves can propagate through only d) Longitudinal waves can propagate through vacuum.

How is the refractive index of a medium related to the speed of light ? Obtain an expression for refractive index of a medium with respect to another in terms of speed of light in these two media ?

Both transverse and longitudinal mechanical waves can propagate through a solid, but only longitudinal wave can propagate through a gas. Explain.

Name the properties which a material medium should have in order that a wave propagates through it.