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<h2 class="title">Introduction to Longitudinal Waves</h2>
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<p>We have already studied transverse pulses and waves. In this section we look at another type of wave called a <em>longitudinal</em> wave. In transverse waves, the motion of the particles in the medium was perpendicular to the direction of the wave.</p>
<p>In longitudinal waves, the particles in the medium move <em>parallel</em> (in the <em>same</em> direction as) to the motion of the wave. Examples of transverse waves (discussed in the previous section) are water waves. An example of a longitudinal wave is a sound wave.</p>
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Introducing Longitudinal Waves

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Learn about the characteristics, properties, and behaviors of mechanical waves and sound, including transverse and longitudinal pulses, waves, and their superposition, as well as the speed, wavelength, amplitude, and frequency of sound waves, Doppler effect, and more in this tutorial.


Mechanical Waves and Sound

Characteristics Of A Sound Wave

Intensity of Sound

Introduction to Doppler Effect

Introduction to Sound Waves

Introduction to Transverse Pulses

Longitudinal Waves

Period And Frequency

Pulses: Amplitude And Length

Speed Of A Longitudinal Wave

Speed Of A Transverse Wave

Speed Of Sound

Summary of Doppler Effect

Summary of Longitudinal Waves

Summary of Sound

Summary of Transverse Pulses

Summary of Transverse Waves

Superposition Of Pulses

The Doppler Effect With Sound

The Physics Of Hearing

Transverse Waves

Ultrasound

Introducing Longitudinal Waves

Introduction to Longitudinal Waves

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