<section>
<h2 class="title">Summary</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p>A medium is the substance or material in which a pulse will move.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>A pulse is a single disturbance that moves through a medium.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The amplitude of a pulse is the maximum disturbance or distance the medium is displaced from its equilibrium position (rest).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Pulse speed is the distance a pulse travels per unit time.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Constructive interference is when two pulses meet and result in a bigger pulse.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Destructive interference is when two pulses meet and and result in a smaller pulse.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Table: Units used in <strong>transverse pulses</strong></p>
<div>
<table summary="            ">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Physical Quantities</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong>Quantity</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Unit name</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Unit symbol</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Amplitude (A)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>metre</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>m</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Pulse speed (v)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>metre per second</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>$\text{m·s$^{-1}$}$</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</section>

1c4ddb66-ad36-4f81-90e7-4629f497d0b4

Summary and Main Ideas

Physics is a science discipline concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. Physics topics include mechanics, heat, light and radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, the structure of atoms, and so on.

Physics

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

Physical Quantities
Quantity	Unit name	Unit symbol
Amplitude (A)	metre	m
Pulse speed (v)	metre per second	\(\text{m·s$^{-1}$}\)

Summary and Main Ideas

Summary

Track Your Learning Progress