I Stationary waves in a vertical rope

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Stationary waves can be produced in a vertical rope, with upward and downward traveling pulses exhibiting different accelerations of g/2 and -g/2, respectively. The standard wave function form may not apply due to the variable velocity of the waves. The discussion includes attempts to derive equations for stationary waves, with specific equations proposed for wave motion and stationary wave forms. There is uncertainty about the impact of acceleration on wave behavior and the constancy of amplitude. The conversation suggests analyzing the problem using a partial differential equation approach with appropriate boundary conditions.
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I was wondering if we could produce stationary waves in a vertical rope. There is a nice result we can get from a vertical rope that the pulse created from the lower extremity travels upwards with acceleration g/2 and the pulse created in the upper extremity travels downwards with acceleration -g/2. I was trying to get the equations of the stationary waves in a vertical rope (that is, if they exists), but I don't know if the most simple wave functions hold anymore.

For example, I was taught any wave can be written in the form:
$$y=f(x-vt)$$
But here the velocity is variable, so can we still write the above equation?
Also, will the amplitude remain constant?

I will write the result I got, but I don't know if they are correct, can anyone help me figure this out?
For the wave:
$$x=\frac{gt^2}{4}$$
$$\alpha=w\sqrt{4x/g}-wt+\phi$$
$$y=A sin(w\sqrt{4x/g}-wt+\phi)$$

For the stationary wave:
$$y_{stationary}=2A sin(w\sqrt{4x/g}+\phi) cos(wt)$$
 
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I am not sure of acceleration you state. Wave propagates with increasing speed ?
I am not sure vertical, horizontal or any direction of rope length make difference of the vibration.
 
I haven't checked this but maybe you can analyse it with something like$$\frac{d}{dx} \left(T(x) \frac{\partial y}{\partial x} \right) = \mu \frac{\partial^2 y}{\partial t^2}$$where I have taken ##\hat{x}## pointing down and ##\hat{y}## pointing to the right. We could approximate that ##T(x) \approx \mu g(L-x)##, and try and solve the PDE w/ boundary conditions ##y(0) = y(L) = 0##.
 
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