SuperSaiyan3 Full Member 10+ Year Member Jul 21, 2009 #1 Advertisement - 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?
Advertisement - 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 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 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..
