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Chapter 15 Problem 79P

Question

Combining Standing Waves. A guitar string of length \(L\) is plucked in such a way that the total wave produced is the sum of the fundamental and the second harmonic. That is, the standing wave is given by

\(y(x, t)=y_{1}(x, t)+y_{2}(x, t)\)

Where

\(y_{1}(x, t)=C \sin \omega_{1} t \ \sin k_{1} x\)

\(y_{2}(x, t)=C \sin \omega_{2} t \ \sin k_{2} x\)

with \(\omega_{1}=v k_{1}\) and \(\omega_{2}=v k_{2}\). (a) At what values of \(x\) are the nodes of \(y_{1}\)? (b) At what values of \(x\) are the nodes of \(y_{2}\)? (c) Graph the total wave at \(t=0, \ t=\frac{1}{8} f_{1}, \ t=\frac{1}{4} f_{1}, \ t=\frac{3}{8} f_{1}\), and \(t=\frac{1}{2} f_{1}\). (d) Does the sum of the two standing waves \(y_{1}\) and \(y_{2}\) produce a standing wave? Explain.

Solution

Solution 79P

Introduction

In this question we have to first find the nodes for the standing waves. Then we have to draw the graph of the wave for the given times and then we have to discuss if two standing wave makes a standing wave or not.

Step 1

The notes are the point for which  is zero for all . Hence for the fundamental mode we can write that

Now for fundamental mode, we know that , hence the wavenumber is given by

Using this values in the above equation we have

     

Hence the position of the nodes for are 0 and L.

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

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