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Can transverse waves be produced in air ?

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For air, the modulus of rigidity is zero. In other words, gases do not posses the property of cohesion. Therefore, transverse waves cannot be produced in air.
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RESONANCE ENGLISH-TRAVELLING WAVES-Board Level Exercise
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  2. Can transverse waves be produced in air ?

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  3. you have learnt that a travelling wave in one dimension is represented...

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  4. Distinguish between Transverse and Longitudinal waves

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  5. For the harmonic travelling wave y=2cos2pi(10t-0.0080x+3.5) where x an...

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  6. Which properties of a medium are responsible for propagation of wave t...

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  7. How does particle velocity differ from wave velocity?

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  8. What is the speed of trasverse waves in a wire, when stretched by a we...

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  9. A steel wire 75cm long has mass of 5.5 10^(-3)kg. If the wire is under...

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  10. A wave pulse is travelling on a string of linear mass density 6.4xx10^...

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  11. For steel the Young modulus of elasticity is 2.9 xx 10^(11)Nm^(-2) and...

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  12. Derive an expression of wave velocity in terms of frequency and wavele...

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  13. A string of mass 2.50 kg is under a tension of 200 N. The length of th...

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  14. Derive an expression for the velocity of pulse in a in stretched in st...

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  15. A transverse hormonic wave on a string on a string is descibed by y(...

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  16. Define superposition principal ?

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  17. What are the important effects which arises due to superposition of wa...

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  18. A stretched wire emits a fundamental note of2 56 Hz. Keeping the stret...

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  19. Why a stationary wave is called so ?

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  20. When are stationary waves produced?

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