SuperSaiyan3 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined May 13, 2009 Messages 356 Reaction score 4 Jul 21, 2009 #1 Members don't see this ad. What is a mechanical wave? Just like sound waves or water waves or BOTH? Do they only transport energy and not mass?
Members don't see this ad. What is a mechanical wave? Just like sound waves or water waves or BOTH? Do they only transport energy and not mass?
matth87 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined May 8, 2009 Messages 289 Reaction score 1 Jul 21, 2009 #2 Mechanical waves can be transverse or longitudinal. Waves only transport energy, there is no net transport of the medium in which they propagate. Upvote 0 Downvote
Mechanical waves can be transverse or longitudinal. Waves only transport energy, there is no net transport of the medium in which they propagate.
Bernoull Full Member 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Mar 24, 2007 Messages 1,724 Reaction score 9 Jul 21, 2009 #3 I second the post above. The mechanical part is that wave propagation requires physical disturbance of the medium. For sound in air, the air molecules undergo compressions and rarefactions.. Upvote 0 Downvote
I second the post above. The mechanical part is that wave propagation requires physical disturbance of the medium. For sound in air, the air molecules undergo compressions and rarefactions..