International University,

Vietnam National University, HCMC

Physics 4
Tran Nguyen Lan, Ph.D
Department of Physics, HCMIU-VNU
Phone: 0905 623 462, email: lantrann@gmail.com
Office: room A1.503

Week 08
 Review: theory
1. Mechanical waves

(T: period)

Speed of wave on a string

µ: linear mass density

T: string tension force
Superposition of waves
2. Standing waves
General consideration
Position of nodes:

Position of antinodes:

String fixed at both ends

(Fundamental frequency)
Air columns
3. Sound waves
Intensity Audile range:
(W/m2)
20 Hz – 20,000 Hz
Intensity sound level

Doppler effect

vs, vo > 0 observer and source move towards together

vs, vo < 0 observer and source move far away each other
4. Light
Young’s double-slit interference
Path difference:

Bright region:

Dark region:
Thin-film interference
Refraction index:

Constructive interference:

Destructive interference:
Single-slit diffraction
Condition for destructive
interference:

Position of dark fringes:

Grating

Condition for maxima: