What is difference between longitudnal and transverse waves?
Asked by masara
| 20th Dec, 2009,
05:33: PM
1/Longitudinal waves - the vibrations are parallel to the direction of propogation of the wave, while they are perpendicular in trasnverse waves.
2/The same phase points, maximum and minimum displacement, are called compressions and rarefactions in longitudinal waves, whereas they are called crests and troughs in transverse waves.
3/In longitudinal waves areas of high and low pressure are present, while they are absent in transverse waves.
4/Example of longitudinal waves is sound wave, whereas water waves, waves on string, are examples of trasverse waves.
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| 20th Dec, 2009,
06:19: PM
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