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Originally posted by vIn.Warrior:check ur notes and textbook.
SGFourms is not the place u stick ur hand out and u get the ans.
thanks that was helpful. in case u didnt know i have searched on waves on search engines and all that showed was how to calculate amplitude of a transverse wave. if not i ask here for what, you dunno then say dunno la.
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Your 'amplitude' of a longitudinal wave is basically the maximum displacement of a particle from its equilibrium position.
In a longitudinal wave, if you measure the displacement of a particle from its equilibrum as a function of time and you plot a graph of its displacement versus time, you will get a transverse graph of displacement vs time.
Hence the amplitude is thus the maximum displacement of a particle in a longitudinal wave from its equilibrium position.
A bit hard to visualise, but these are the principles.
Cheers!
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Originally posted by teraexa:Your 'amplitude' of a longitudinal wave is basically the maximum displacement of a particle from its equilibrium position.
In a longitudinal wave, if you measure the displacement of a particle from its equilibrum as a function of time and you plot a graph of its displacement versus time, you will get a transverse graph of displacement vs time.
Hence the amplitude is thus the maximum displacement of a particle in a longitudinal wave from its equilibrium position.
A bit hard to visualise, but these are the principles.
Cheers!thanks a bunch, got it.
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sorry noahie