Wave Properties 1
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- Wave Properties 1
- Example to study propertiies
- Ripple Tank
- Tank- shallow transparent tray of water with sloping sides. Slopes prevent waves reflecting off sides of tank.- if did- difficult to see waves.
- Waves in tank - wavefronts- lines of constant phase. (e.g. crests)
- Direction wave travels at right angles to wave front.
- Tank- shallow transparent tray of water with sloping sides. Slopes prevent waves reflecting off sides of tank.- if did- difficult to see waves.
- Ripple Tank
- Reflection
- Straight waves directed at angle to hard flat surface (reflector) reflects off at same angle.
- Angle - bet. reflected wavefront & surface same as incident wavefront & surface.
- Direction of reflected wave is at same angle to reflector as direction of incident wave.
- Effect obs.= light ray directed at plane mirror. - angle between incident ray & mirror is equal to angle bet reflected ray and mirror
- Direction of reflected wave is at same angle to reflector as direction of incident wave.
- Angle - bet. reflected wavefront & surface same as incident wavefront & surface.
- Straight waves directed at angle to hard flat surface (reflector) reflects off at same angle.
- Refraction
- Waves pass boundary - wave speed & wavelength changes. If wave fronts come at angle to boundary- change direction & speed - refraction.
- Waves pass boundary from deep to shallow water at angle to boundary.- move slowly in shallow- wavelength smaller & change direction.
- Diffraction
- Waves spread out after passing gap/ round obstacle. In ripple tank- narrower gap- waves more spread out. Longer wavelength , more spread.
- Waves thr. gap - each point on wavefront as secondary emitter of wavelets. Wavelets from points along front travel in direction waves travelling , not reverse dir.. & combine - new wavefront spreading beyond gap.
- Dish design
- Satellite TV dishes point South- orbit Earth above equator. Bigger dish, stronger signal, more radio waves reflected by dish onto aerial.
- Bigger dish reflects waves to smaller focus, diffracts less. Aligned carefully than smaller dish- not focus waves onto aerial
- Satellite TV dishes point South- orbit Earth above equator. Bigger dish, stronger signal, more radio waves reflected by dish onto aerial.
- Example to study propertiies
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