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Pulses on Torsional Wave Apparatus
W-b1b



Excite each of the three torsional transverse wave machines by hand to show how the wave speed varies as the inertia of the medium (the rod lenght) varies.


Fishbane Chapter:   14.3
HRW 6th:   17.3
Reese Chapter:   12.2
RHK 5th:   18.4
SJ 3rd Chapter:   13.1
PIRA DCS classification:   3B10.16

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University