The Wave Model
Mechanical Waves - A mechanical wave is a disturbance that travels through some material or substance called the medium for the wave.
Note: The medium as a whole does not travel with the wave.
Note: A wave transfers energy, but it does not transfer any material or substance outward from the source.
Electromagnetic and Matter Waves
Electromagnetic Waves - Electromagnetic radiation (sometimes abbreviated EMR) takes the form of self-propagating waves in a vacuum or in matter. EM radiation has an electric and magnetic field component which oscillate in phase perpendicular to each other and to the direction of energy propagation.
Matter Waves - In quantum mechanics, the matter wave, or de Broglie wave, is the wave of matter.
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
Transverse Waves - A transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer.
Transverse Plane Wave
Transverse Circular Wave
Longitudinal Waves - Longitudinal waves are waves that have vibrations along or parallel to their direction of travel; that is, waves in which the motion of the medium is in the same direction as the motion of the wave.
Longitudinal Plane Wave
Longitudinal Circular Wave
Traveling Waves
Waves on a String
Sound Waves
Wave Speed in a Spring
Speed of Sound in a Gas
Description of Waves
Wave Speed
Sound and Light Waves
Light and Other Electromagnetic Waves
Intensity of a spherical wave
Loudness of Sound
Decibel Scale
The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves
Doppler Effect Equations
Shock Waves
