Chapter 13: Mechanical Waves.

• Section 13.3: The Traveling Wave
• Section 13.4: The Speed of Transverse Waves on Strings
• Section 13.5: Reflection and Transmission of Waves

Homework Assignment, Due Monday November 22 at 17:00

Central Screen tablet notes

Side-screen Slides

In-class quizzes, with answers

Baby Ultrasound Movie that I tried to show in class

Reflection/Transmission animations shown in class:

A pulse traveling from a region of low wave speed to higher wave speed.  The reflected pulse is positive.

A pulse traveling from a region of high wave speed to lower wave speed.  The reflected pulse is negative.

A pulse traveling along a string with a free end.  This is the limiting case of when the second string is very light. The reflected pulse is positive.

A pulse traveling along a string with a fixed end.  This is the limiting case of when the second string is very heavy. The reflected pulse is negative.