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Impedance and Dispersion Concept

Demonstrations in Impedance and Dispersion

Composite of four photos showing standing waves at successive harmonics in a nonuniform rope stretched across a lecture bench, with the motor driver on the left and pulley assembly on the right
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Standing Waves in Nonuniform Rope

Demonstrates that wave velocity depends on the linear mass density of the medium. Two ropes of different thickness, joined and driven at the same frequency, show different wavelengths — the …

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