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  2. String vibration - Wikipedia

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    The speed of propagation of a wave is equal to the wavelength divided by the period, or multiplied by the frequency: v = λ τ = λ f . {\displaystyle v={\frac {\lambda }{\tau }}=\lambda f.} If the length of the string is L {\displaystyle L} , the fundamental harmonic is the one produced by the vibration whose nodes are the two ends of the ...

  3. Dispersion (water waves) - Wikipedia

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    Using another normalization for the same frequency dispersion relation, the figure on the right shows that for a fixed wavelength λ the phase speed c p increases with increasing water depth. [1] Until, in deep water with water depth h larger than half the wavelength λ (so for h/λ > 0.5), the phase velocity c p is independent of the water ...

  4. Acoustic attenuation - Wikipedia

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    where is the pressure, the position, the wave propagation distance, the angular frequency, () the attenuation coefficient, and and the frequency-dependent exponent are real, non-negative material parameters obtained by fitting experimental data; the value of ranges from 0 to 4.

  5. Dispersion relation - Wikipedia

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    The top electron has twice the momentum, while the bottom electron has half. Note that as the momentum increases, the phase velocity decreases down to c, whereas the group velocity increases up to c, until the wave packet and its phase maxima move together near the speed of light, whereas the wavelength continues to decrease without bound. Both ...

  6. Paschen's law - Wikipedia

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    As the gap was reduced further, the voltage required to cause an arc began to rise and again exceeded its original value. For a given gas, the voltage is a function only of the product of the pressure and gap length. [2] [3] The curve he found of voltage versus the pressure-gap length product (right) is called Paschen's curve. He found an ...

  7. Surface tension - Wikipedia

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    Surface tension forces acting on a tiny (differential) patch of surface. δθ x and δθ y indicate the amount of bend over the dimensions of the patch. Balancing the tension forces with pressure leads to the Young–Laplace equation. If no force acts normal to a tensioned surface, the surface must remain flat.

  8. List of equations in wave theory - Wikipedia

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    Quantity (common name/s) (Common) symbol/s SI units Dimension Number of wave cycles N: dimensionless dimensionless (Oscillatory) displacement Symbol of any quantity which varies periodically, such as h, x, y (mechanical waves), x, s, η (longitudinal waves) I, V, E, B, H, D (electromagnetism), u, U (luminal waves), ψ, Ψ, Φ (quantum mechanics).

  9. Wave interference - Wikipedia

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    The wavelength increases from top to bottom, and the distance between the sources increases from left to right. When the plane of observation is far enough away, the fringe pattern will be a series of almost straight lines, since the waves will then be almost planar.