DivGradCurl
Nov14-03, 06:58 PM
Hello everyone!
I've got a question from the book "Fundamentals of Physics/Halliday, Resnick, Walker" - 6th ed, page 395, #23P.
A uniform rope of mass m and lenght L hangs from a ceiling.
(a) Show that the speed of a transverse wave on the rope is a function of y, the distance from the lower end, and is given by v = sqr(gy).
(b) Show that the time a transverse wave takes to travel the length of the rope is given by T = 2sqr(L/g)
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(a) Follows from the wave speed on a string definition - v = sqr([tau]/[mu]), where [tau] = mg, and [mu] = m/y --- I think that's right.
(b) I think that the solution might follow from the period of a simple pendulum --- T = sqr(L/g)... but I'm not quite sure how the 2 comes up... it's just a guess.
I hope you guys can give a hand.
Thanks a lot.
I've got a question from the book "Fundamentals of Physics/Halliday, Resnick, Walker" - 6th ed, page 395, #23P.
A uniform rope of mass m and lenght L hangs from a ceiling.
(a) Show that the speed of a transverse wave on the rope is a function of y, the distance from the lower end, and is given by v = sqr(gy).
(b) Show that the time a transverse wave takes to travel the length of the rope is given by T = 2sqr(L/g)
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(a) Follows from the wave speed on a string definition - v = sqr([tau]/[mu]), where [tau] = mg, and [mu] = m/y --- I think that's right.
(b) I think that the solution might follow from the period of a simple pendulum --- T = sqr(L/g)... but I'm not quite sure how the 2 comes up... it's just a guess.
I hope you guys can give a hand.
Thanks a lot.