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Why does a stationary wave form at a free end of a water tank?
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[QUOTE="Nugatory, post: 6460969, member: 382138"] This is the difference between a transverse wave and longitudinal one. Water waves are transverse; the water level moves up and down while the wave propagates sideways and at the edge of the tank the water is free to move up and down. Sound waves are longitudinal; the air moves back and forth and at the end of the closed pipe is constrained not to be able to move. [/QUOTE]
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