General Physics for Bio-Science Majors 171.103

Notes by Collin Broholm

for lecture given 11/11/97

 
• Waves
  • The wave-equation
    • Wave-equation for taut string
    • Wave-equation for sound propagation in a fluid
    • Electromagnetic wave equation
  • Harmonic Waves
    • Interrelationship of spatial and temporal periods and frequencies
    • Energy transport in Harmonic Waves
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