Tagged: Types of mechanical waves

Electromagnetic & Mechanical waves properties

June 8, 2021

Law of wave propagation, Properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves

Water waves are transverse mechanical waves, they are transverse because the medium particles vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave propagation forming crests and troughs, and mechanical because they need a medium to...

The Waves

May 26, 2014

Mechanical waves and some technological applications of sound mechanical waves

Mechanical waves are the waves that propagate through a material medium (the solid, the liquid, or the gas) at a wave speed that depends on the properties of that medium. The mechanical waves need...