Please wait for the animation to completely load.
The animation shows a portion of a standing wave on a taut string (position is given in centimeters and time is given in seconds). Restart.
Measure the frequency, wavelength, and period of the wave in the animation.
Write a formula for the position as a function of time for a small section of string located at x = 0 cm and a formula for x = 2 cm.
Write a formula for the velocity as a function of time for a small section of string located at x = 0 cm and a formula for x = 2 cm.
Sketch the velocity of the string as a function of x at t = 0 cm. That is, show how each small section of string is moving at t = 0 s.
Problem by Wolfgang Christian and Mario Belloni.
HTML updated for JavaScript by Aidan Edmondson.
Physlets were developed at
Davidson College and converted from Java to JavaScript using the SwingJS
system developed at St. Olaf College.