CHAPTER 2

PROPERTIES OF
WAVES
PREPARED BY:
REY ALLEN G. BALATBAT
Instructor
At the end of this chapter, the students
should be able to:
1. Differentiate the types of waves and distinguish local particle vibrations
from overall wave motion.
2. Interpret waveforms of transverse and longitudinal waves.
3. Familiarize with the properties of periodic waves
4. Describe a wave using mathematics
5. Apply the relationship among wave speed, frequency, and wavelength
to solve problems.
6. Solve for the energy in wave motion
7. Relate energy and amplitude.
8. Predict whether specific traveling waves will produce a standing wave.
9. Identify nodes and antinodes of a standing wave.
DESCRIPTION OF WAVE
AND WAVE MOTION
WAVE MOTION

There are two features common to all waves:

1. A wave is a traveling disturbance.
2. A wave carries energy from place to place.
WAVE MOTION
MEDIUM

a physical environment through

which a disturbance can travel
WAVES CAN TRAVEL FROM SOLID, LIQUID, GAS AND EVEN IN
VACUUM.
WAVE MOTION
Waves that require a material medium are
called MECHANICAL WAVES.

Waves that DOES NOT require a material

medium are called
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES.
 TYPES OF WAVES
(ACCORDING TO THE
DIRECTION OF ITS
MOTION)
WAVE TYPES
PERIODIC WAVES
PERIOD, FREQUENCY,
AND WAVE SPEED
ENERGY IN WAVE
MOTION
 WAVE INTERACTIONS
(WAVE INTERFERENCE,
BOUNDARY
CONDITIONS, AND
SUPERPOSITION,
REFLECTION)
STANDING WAVES