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Graphical Representation of The Progressive Wave (Or) Travelling Wave

The document discusses graphical representations of progressive waves, including spatial variation graphs showing displacement over distance for a sinusoidal wave and time variation graphs showing displacement over time. It also provides examples of calculating wave number from given wavelength and defines key wave properties like wavelength, wave speed, frequency and period.

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Graphical Representation of The Progressive Wave (Or) Travelling Wave

The document discusses graphical representations of progressive waves, including spatial variation graphs showing displacement over distance for a sinusoidal wave and time variation graphs showing displacement over time. It also provides examples of calculating wave number from given wavelength and defines key wave properties like wavelength, wave speed, frequency and period.

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Chapter: 11th Physics : Waves

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Graphical representation of the Progressive Wave (or)


Travelling Wave
Let us graphically represent the two forms of the wave variation (a) Space (or Spatial) variation
graph (b) Time (or Temporal) variation graph

Graphical representation of the wave


Let us graphically represent the two forms of the wave variation

(a) Space (or Spatial) variation graph

(b) Time (or Temporal) variation graph

(a) Space variation graph

By keeping the time fixed, the change in displacement with respect to x is plotted.
Let us consider a sinusoidal graph, y = A sin(kx) as shown in the Figure 11.24,
where k is a constant. Since the wavelength λ denotes the distance between any
two points in the same state of motion, the displacement y is the same at both
the ends y = x and y = x + λ, i.e.,

The sine function is a periodic function with period 2π. Hence,

Comparing equation (11.38) and equation (11.39), we get

kx + k λ = kx + 2π

This implies
where k is called wave number. This measures how many wavelengths are
present in 2π radians.

The spatial periodicity of the wave is

Then,

At t = 0 s y(x, 0) = y(x + λ, 0)

and

At any time t, y(x, t) = y(x + λ, t)

EXAMPLE 11.14

The wavelength of two sine waves are λ1 = 1m and λ2 = 6m. Calculate


the corresponding wave numbers.

Solution

(b) Time variation graph


By keeping the position fixed, the change in displacement with respect to time is
plotted. Let us consider a sinusoidal graph, y =A sin(ωt) as shown in the Figure
11.25, where ω is angular frequency of the wave which measures how quickly
wave oscillates in time or number of cycles per second.

The temporal periodicity or time period is

The angular frequency is related to frequency f by the expression ω = 2 πf, where


the frequency f is defined as the number of oscillations made by the medium
particle per second. Since inverse of frequency is time period, we have,

This is the time taken by a medium particle to complete one oscillation. Hence,
we can define the speed of a wave (wave speed, v) as the distance traversed by
the wave per second

which is the same relation as we obtained in equation (11.4).


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