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Standing Waves on a String

Examine how the amount of tension required to produce a standing wave in a vibrating string of fixed length and mass density is affected by the wavelength and the frequency of the wave. This is a hands-on experiment where the student gets to feel the force required to increase the number of vibrating segments.

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	57_Standing_Waves_on_a_String_w_Data.cap	1.88 MB
	57_Standing_Waves_on_a_String.cap	1.82 MB
	57_Standing_Waves_on_a_String.docx	494.85 KB
	57_One_Segment.JPG	71.90 KB
	57_End_node_croped.JPG	206.90 KB
	57_modified_setup.JPG	1.11 MB
	57_standing_wave_croped.JPG	166.45 KB
	57_Two_Segments.JPG	74.53 KB
	57_Vibrating_String_setup.jpg	105.03 KB
	57_Standing_Wave_modes.jpg	18.64 KB
	57_Standing_wave_modes2.jpg	251.38 KB
	57_Standing_Wave.jpg	10.77 KB
	57_Three_sectionsA.JPG	78.02 KB
	57_Standing_Waves_on_a_String.pdf	301.56 KB