A uniform rope of mass $6\,kg$ hangs vertically from a rigid support. A block of mass $2\,kg$ is attached to the free end of the rope. A transverse pulse of wavelength $0.06\,m$ is produced at the lower end of the rope. The wavelength of the pulse when it reaches the top is (in $m$ )
$0.06$
$0.12$
$0.03$
$0.24$
Write definition and dimensional formula of linear mass density of string.
A wire stretched between two rigid supports vibrates in its fundamental mode with a frequency of $45 \;Hz$. The mass of the wire is $3.5 \times 10^{-2} \;kg$ and its linear mass density is $4.0 \times 10^{-2} \;kg m ^{-1} .$ What is
$(a) $ the speed of a transverse wave on the string, and
$(b)$ the tension in the string?
The equation of a wave on a string of linear mass density $0.04\, kgm^{-1}$ is given by : $y = 0.02\,\left( m \right)\,\sin \,\left[ {2\pi \left( {\frac{t}{{0.04\left( s \right)}} - \frac{x}{{0.50\left( m \right)}}} \right)} \right]$. The tension in the string is ..... $N$
A heavy ball of mass $M$ is suspended from the ceiling of car by a light string of mass $m (m << M)$. When the car is at rest, the speed of transverse waves in the string is $60\, ms^{-1}$. When the car has acceleration $a$ , the wave-speed increases to $60.5\, ms^{-1}$. The value of $a$ , in terms of gravitational acceleration $g$ is closest to
Explain which properties are necessary to understand the speed of mechanical waves.