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MECHANI
CALWAVE-
SHEET:
2(Lect
ure–2)
Lev
el–I
1. Atransver
sesinusoi
dalwavemov esalongast
ringint
heposi
ti
vex-di
rect
ion
ataspeedof10cm/ s.Thewav el
engt
hoft hewav eis0.5m andi ts
amplit
udei s10cm.Atapar ti
culartimet,t
hesnap-shotofthewav eis
showninfigur
e.Findt
hev el
oci
tyofpointPwhenitsdi
spl
acementi
s5cm
Fi
gure:

2. Thedispl
acementfrom t
heposi
ti
onofequil
ibri
um ofapoint4cm f r
om asourceofsinusoi
dalosci
l
lat
ionsis
hal
ftheampl i
tudeatt
hemomentt=T/ 6(
Ti sthet
imeperiod).Assumethatthesour
cewasatmeanposi t
ion
att=0.Calcul
ateThewavel
engt
hoftherunningwavetr
avell
ingis+vex-
axis.

3. Theperiodofoscill
ati
onsofapointi
s0.04sec.andt
hevel
oci
tyofpr
opagati
onofoci
ll
ati
oni s300m/sec.Fi
nd
thedif
ferenceofphasesbetweentheocil
l
ati
onsoftwopoi
ntsatdi
stances10and16m respecti
vel
yfrom t
he
sourceofocil
lat
ions

4. Giventheequati
onforawav einast r
ing:
y=0.03sin(
3x-2t)
whereyandxar einmetreandti si
nsecond.Now, answert
hefol
lowing:
(a)Att=0,whati sthedisplacementatx=0?
(b)Atx=0. 1m, whati
sthedi spl
acementatt=0.2s?
(c)Whati stheequati
onf orthev el
ocit
yofoscil
lat
ionofthepart
iclesofthestr
ing?Whati
st hemaxi
mum
vel
oci
tyofosci
ll
ati
on?
(d)Whati sthevel
oci
tyofpropagat i
onofthewave?
5. Awav eoffr
equency400Hzhasav el
ociyof320ms-1.Fi
t ndthedi stancebet
weenthepart
icl
esdi
ff
eri
ngi
n
phaseby90°

6. Whenasoundoffr
equency300Hzpassesthr
oughamedium.Themaxi
mum di
spl
acementofpar
ti
cleoft
he
medi
um i
s0.1cm.Fi
ndthemaximum v
eloci
tyoft
hepar
ti
cle

7. Asinusoi
dalpr
ogr
essi
vewav
eisgener
atedi
nast ri
ng.I
t’
sequat
ioni
sgivenbyy=(
2mm)si
n(2x–100t+
/
3).Findt
heti
mewhenpart
icl
eatx=4m fi
rstpassest
hroughmeanposit
ion

8. Twopart
iclesi
namedi
um ar
ev i
brat
ingi
nsamephasewit
hapat
hdi
ff
erenceof10m andt
hei
rcor
respondi
ng
ti
medif
ferencei
s0.
1s.Fi
ndthespeedofwav
einthemedi
um

9. Fi
gureshownt heshapeofpar tofal ongstr
inginwhichtransv
erse
wavesareproducedbyatt
achi
ngoneendoft hestri
ngt
ot uni
ngforkof
fr
equency250Hz.Whatisthev
eloci
tyofthewaves?

10. Thediagr
am bel
owshowsthepr
opagat
ionofawav
e.Whi
chpoi
ntsar
e
i
nsamephase
(A)F,
G (
B)CandE
(C)BandG (
D)BandF

Lev
el–I
I
1. Aplanetr
ansver
sewavei spr
opagati
nginadirect
ionmaki
nganangleof30°wi
thposi
ti
vex-
axi
sint
hex-
y
pl
ane.Fi
ndphasedi
ff
erencebetweenpoi
nts(
0,0,0)and(
1,1,1)
.Wav
elengt
hoft
hewaveis1m.

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2. Thediagram showsawav et r
ainofampli
tudeAatt i
met=0sec.
Thephasediffer
encebetweentheoscil
l
ati
onoft hepar
ti
cleatx=0
andx=x1 isf.Thepart
icl
eatx=x1 i smovingupwardwit
hv el
oci
ty
v1.Wr
iteequati
onthatr
epresentthewaveequat
ion?

3. Asinewaveist
rav
ell
i
ngi
namedi
um.Fi
ndt
hemi
nimum di
stancebet
weent
het
wopar
ti
cles,al
way
shav
ing
samespeed

4. Aplaneprogr
essi
v ewaveoffr
equency25Hz,ampl i
t 5×105m &i
ude2. nit
ialphasezeropropagatesalong
the(v
e)xdi
rect
ionwit
hav el
oci
tyof300m/ s.Atanyinst
ant,t
hephasedi f
ferencebetweentheoscil
lat
ions
attwopoi
nts6m apartal
ongtheli
neofpropagat
ionis__&thecorr
espondingampl i
tudedi
ffer
enceis___m.

5. Twographsoft
hesameharmonicwaveareshownbelow.Thegraph(1)onthel
eftshowsthedi
splacement
ofwavey ,asafuncti
onofposi
ti
onxf oragiveni
nstantoftime.Thegraph(2)ont heri
ghtshowst he
di
spl
acementofwav easaf
uncti
onott
ime‘t
’foragi
venposit
ion.Thespeedoft
hewav eis

( 0cms–1
A)5. ( 5cms–1
B)0. ( 4cms–1
C)0. ( 0cms–1
D)4.

6. Thewav
emot
ionhast
hef
unct
iony=a0si
n(t–kx)
.Thegr
aphi
nthef
igur
e
showshowt hedi
spl
acementyatafixedpoi
ntvari
eswit
hti
met.Whichone
ofthelabel
l
edpoi
ntsshowsadispl
acementequaltot
hatatt
heposi
ti
onx=
/2katti
met=0?
(A)P (B)Q
(C)R (D)S

7. Deter
minetheequat
ionofawav
etr
avel
l
ingal
ongt
heposi
ti
vex-
axi
s,as
showninf
igur
eatt=0

8. Consi
derafunct
iony=10sin2(100t+5z)wherey,zar
ei ncm andti
sinsecond.
(A)t
hefunct
ionrepr
esent
sat ravel
li
ng,peri
odicwavepropagat
ingin(
z)di
recti
onwit
hspeed20m/
s.
(B)t
hefunct
iondoesnotrepresentatrav
ell
ingwave.
(C)t
heamplit
udeofthewav eis5cm. (D)t
heampl i
tudeoft
hewav eis10cm.

MULTICORRECT

9 At r
ansver
se si
nusoi
dalwav e ofampl
it
ude a,wav
elengt
h&f requency fistrav
ell
i
ngonastret
ched
st
ri
ng.Themaximum speedofanypoi
ntonthest
ri
ngi
sv /
10,wher
evi sspeedofpr
opagati
onoft
hewave.I
f
3
a=10 m andv=10ms , 1 f
ind&f

A)=2x102m
( B)=102m
( (
C)f= Hz D)f=104Hz
(

10. Atr
ansver
seharmonicwav eonast ri
ngisdescri
bedbyy(x,t
)=3.0sin(36t+0.018x+/4)wher
exandyare
i
ncm andtins.Thepositi
vedi
recti
onofxi sfr
om lef
ttor
ight.
(
a)Isthi
sat r
avell
i
ngwav eorast ati
onarywave?Ifiti
stravel
l
ing,whatarethespeedanddir
ect
ionofi
ts
pr
opagati
on?
(
b)Whatareit
sampl i
tudeandfrequency? (
c)Whatisthei
niti
alphaseatt
heori
gin?
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(
d)Whatistheleastdist
ancebetweentwosuccessivecrest
sinthewav e?
11. Atr
ansversewavet r
avell
i
ngonat autst
ri
ngisrepresent
edby :
Y=0.01sin2(10t–x) Yandxar einmetersand't'
inseconds.Then,
(
A)thespeedoft hewaveis10m/ s.
(
B)Closestpoi
ntsont hestr
ingwhichdi
ff nphaseby600ar
eri e(1/6)m apar
t.
(
C)Maxi
mum par
ti
clev
eloci
tyi
s/
4m/
s.
(
D)Thephaseofacer
tai
npoi
ntont
hest
rngchangesby1200i
i n(1/
20)seconds.

12. Thef
igur
esr
epr
esentt
wosnapsofat
rav
ell
i
ngwav
eonast
ri
ngofmassperuni
tlengt
h,=0.
25kg/
m.The
t
wosnapsar
etakenatt
imet=0andat s.Then

Fi
gur
e-1 Fi
gur
e-2
(A)speedofwaveis4m/s
(B)thetensi
oni
nthest
ri
ngis4N
(
C)t
heequat
ionoft
hewav
eisy=10si
n(x–4t )

(
D)t
hemax
imum v
eloci
tyoft
hepar
ti
cl
e

13. Shapeofst r
ingtransmit
ti
ngwav eal ongx-axi
sat
someinst
antisshown.Veloci
tyofpointPis
v=4pcm/ sand
(A)Ampli
tudeofwav ei
s2mm
(B)Vel
oci
tyofwav eis10m/s
(C)Maxacceler
ati
onofparti
cleis80p2cm/sec2
(D)Waveistr
aveli
ngin–vex-dir
ecti
on

14. P,QandRar ethreepar

ti
clesofmedi um whi
chli
eonthex-
axi
s.Asinewaveofwavel
engt
histrav
eli
ng
thr
oughthemedi um i
nthex- di
rect
ion.PandQal way
shavesamespeed,whi
lePandRalwayshav
esame
vel
oci
ty.Themini
mum distancebetween
(A)PandQi s/2 (
B)PandQi s (
C)PandRis/
2 (
D)PandRis.

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MECHANI
CALWAVE(
Lect
ure–2)
ANSWERKEY
LEVEL-I

1. m/
s

2. 0.
48m
3. 
4. 0;-
3mm;v=-
0.06cos(
3x-2t
),0.
06m/
s;0.
667m/
s
5. 20cm
6. 60pcm/
s
7. sec

8. 100m/
s
9. 0ms 1
1. –
10. D
10. Poi
ntsBandFar
einsamephaseasst
heyar
edi
stanceapar
t.

LEVEL-I
I
1. (
Ö3+1)
prad

2. Asi
n

3. l
/2
4. rad,0m
5. A
6. B
7. si
n

8. A,C
9. A,C
10. ?
11. A,B
12. A,B,C,
D
12. y=Asin(kx-wt+f
)
att=0,x=0,y=5mm
at x=0,
y=0

al
sol=2m,A=10mm
Sol
vet
ogetanswer
.

13. A,B,C,D
13. l=1m
vmax=Aw=4p

–3
A=2×10 m al
so and

14. A,
D

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