Open and closed end pipes?

[Pigglyjuff]

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I've never really grasped this concept. Are the waves and nodes/antinodes in these pipes from longitudinal waves? What do we really have to know about them? 😕

 

[deleted103644]

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[Pigglyjuff]

Pressure waves. You need tension for longitudinal (can't happen in gas or liquid except at interfaces, eg surface tension).

Ah thank you. That's what I was imagining.

 

[rjosh33]

Pressure waves. You need tension for longitudinal (can't happen in gas or liquid except at interfaces, eg surface tension).

I think you meant transverse. Longitudinal (sound) waves can travel through air and water.

 

[deleted103644]

I think you meant transverse. Longitudinal (sound) waves can travel through air and water.

Haha, yes, my apologies. That's embarrassing

 

[Pigglyjuff]

Messing with my brain 😉