The restoring force is surface tension, so every part of the wave that’s curvy has a force that is trying to make the surface less curvy. This creates waves that are mainly transverse. Surface wave is a name that usually decribes a typical ocean wave. Are water waves example ofRead More →
The arched structure of the foot consists of the medial longitudinal arch, the lateral longitudinal arch and the anterior transverse arch; with the longitudinal arches acting as pillars for the transverse arch that runs diagonally across the tarsometatarsal joints. What part of the foot is the arch? The arch ofRead More →
transverse wave, motion in which all points on a wave oscillate along paths at right angles to the direction of the wave’s advance. Surface ripples on water, seismic S (secondary) waves, and electromagnetic (e.g., radio and light) waves are examples of transverse waves. Is a water wave a light wave?Read More →
In a longitudinal wave, the medium oscillates PARALLEL to the direction of velocity. Moving the hand left and right would result in a TRANVERSE wave because the medium would be oscillating perpendicular to the direction of the velocity. Is a transverse wave parallel? In physics, a transverse wave is aRead More →
Sound waves in air (and any fluid medium) are longitudinal waves because particles of the medium through which the sound is transported vibrate parallel to the direction that the sound wave moves. … These back and forth vibrations are imparted to adjacent neighbors by particle-to-particle interaction. Is the propagation ofRead More →
Both longitudinal (e.g., sound) waves and transverse (e.g., water) waves can form standing waves. This section focuses on waves in bounded mediums—in particular, standing waves in such systems as stretched… Can transverse waves Superpose? Due to “Superposition” principle, any particle in atmosphere handle each of these two waves separately. …Read More →