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Understanding Transverse Pulses in Physics

The document discusses the properties of transverse and longitudinal pulses using a slinky spring, including pulse length, amplitude, and the effects of reflection and superposition. It explains constructive and destructive interference when pulses meet, emphasizing the resulting amplitudes from overlapping pulses. The document also suggests experiments to demonstrate these concepts with varying amplitudes.

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Understanding Transverse Pulses in Physics

The document discusses the properties of transverse and longitudinal pulses using a slinky spring, including pulse length, amplitude, and the effects of reflection and superposition. It explains constructive and destructive interference when pulses meet, emphasizing the resulting amplitudes from overlapping pulses. The document also suggests experiments to demonstrate these concepts with varying amplitudes.

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2024/02/13

The ‘hump’ made in a slinky spring is called a


C
transverse pulse.
Motion
Transverse & longitudinal pulses
A B
Transverse pulse

A-B = pulse length & C = amplitude of pulse.

Disturbance Using a ‘slinky’ spring, investigate the following:


Note the disturbance is at right angles to the  Pulses with different amplitudes & pulse lengths.
direction of motion.
 Reflection of pulses from fixed and free ends.
The size of the disturbance from the mean position
is called the amplitude of the disturbance  Speed of pulses when slinky has little stretch and
1
with greater stretch. 2

When pulses meet in the same medium,


superposition takes place.
Superposition is the resulting pulse that forms Before meeting
and is obtained by adding together the Called:
amplitudes of the the individual pulses. Constructive
Overlapping of pulses is called interference.
Superposition
interference

If the 2 pulses form a resulting pulse with a


bigger amplitude, we call this constructive Meeting
interference. Interference of waves

Smaller amplitude for resulting pulses is called


destructive interference.
3 4
After meeting

Using a slinky spring:


 Demonstrate constructive interference with
different amplitudes.
 Demonstrate destructive interference
with different amplitudes.
Destructive interference

Try drawing the resulting pulses for


each of these different kinds of interference.
Interference in light 5

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