for a standing wave on a string fixed at both ends and of length L, what is the max length possible?
im completly confused :S
2007-11-23 08:20:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If you mean the maximum wavelength possible, it is twice the length of the string or 2L. This will correspond to a node at either end and an antinode in the centre. The distance between two adjacent nodes is half a wavelength.
2007-11-23 08:31:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
L/2
2007-11-23 16:26:06 · answer #2 · answered by Roger C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the sentence is very elegant but it's not really ambiguous. The question is about a standing wave and asks for the maximim length. ( wavelength would've been better but I think that's implied by the context). The string is vibrating in the fundamental mode and the wavelength is twice that of the string (2L), as Paul said.
2007-11-25 13:12:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The wave can have one node in the middle, in which case the standing wave is the length divided by two.
2007-11-23 16:24:36 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go back to the question and make sure that you type it out correctly.
As it stands the question is totally confusing.
(Max length of what? Do you mean wavelength?)
Start again, please.
2007-11-23 17:50:49 · answer #5 · answered by Red Campion 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
half wavelenght
s=L/2
2007-11-23 16:25:59 · answer #6 · answered by Tuncay U 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
me confused too?????????????
2007-11-23 16:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋