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Subject: GENERAL PHYSICS 1 Quarter: FINAL
Topic: Introduction to Standing Waves on a String
Week: 8 Notes: 8
Standing Waves on a String Terminologies
A standing wave pattern is a pattern which results from the interference of two or more waves along
the same medium. All standing wave patterns are characterized by positions along the medium which
are standing still. Such positions are referred to as nodal positions or nodes. Nodes occur at locations
where two waves interfere such that one wave is displaced upward the same amount that a second
wave is displaced downward. This form of interference is known as destructive interference and leads
to a point of "no displacement."
A node is a point of no displacement. Standing wave patterns are also characterized by antinodal
positions - positions along the medium that vibrate back and forth between a maximum upward
displacement to a maximum downward displacement. Antinodes are located at positions along the
medium where the two interfering waves are always undergoing constructive interference. Standing
wave patterns are always characterized by an alternating pattern of nodes and antinodes.

Standing wave, also called stationary wave, combination of two waves moving in opposite
directions, each having the same amplitude and frequency.

What are Nodes and Antinodes?

One characteristic of every standing wave pattern is that there are points along the medium that appear
to be standing still. These points, sometimes described as points of no displacement, are referred to
as nodes.
There are other points along the medium that undergo vibrations between a large positive and large
negative displacement. These are the points that undergo the maximum displacement during each
vibrational cycle of the standing wave. In a sense, these points are the opposite of nodes, and so they
are called antinodes. A standing wave pattern always consists of an alternating pattern of nodes and
antinodes.
Fundamental frequency - Lowest frequency of a standing wave that has the fewest number of
nodes and antinodes
Harmonic - A standing wave that is a positive integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
Transverse wave - Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction
of travel.
Oscillate - To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
Amplitude - The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
Frequency - is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.
Wavelength -is the spatial period of a periodic wave, the distance over which the wave's shape
repeats.

How is a Standing Wave Formed?

A standing wave pattern is an interference phenomenon. It is formed as the result of the perfectly
timed interference of two waves passing through the same medium. A standing wave pattern is not
actually a wave; rather it is the pattern resulting from the presence of two waves (sometimes more)
of the same frequency with different directions of travel within the same medium.

LINK
Title: Introduction to Standing Waves
Link: https://youtu.be/-HW8JcL8wms
 DRILL 8
(GENERAL PHYSICS 1)

Name: __________________________STEM: ___________ Date: ________ Score: ___________

Directions: Identify and choose the correct answer on the space provided.

1. It is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.

2. It A standing wave that is a positive integer multiple of the

fundamental frequency.

3. It is the spatial period of a periodic wave, the distance over which the
wave's shape repeats.

4. It is the maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.

5. It is described as points of no displacement.

6. It is the points that undergo the maximum displacement during each

vibrational cycle of the standing wave.

7. It is also called stationary wave.

8. It is to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.

9. It is the combination of two waves moving in opposite directions.

10. It is a pattern which results from the interference of two or more waves
along the same medium.