Longitudinal standing wave

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Introduction

Summary

A standing wave is the sum of two progressive waves propagating in opposite directions. You can observe the nodes and the anti-nodes.

Goals

• To illustrate the properties of a longitudinal standing wave.

Features

Click an drag the to modify the frequency and the wavelength.

Click on 'amplitude' then drag the cursor 'A' to set a new amplitude.

Tags

standing longitudinal wave acoustic frequency node antinode