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Science > Physics |
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"Wendy E. McCaughrin" |
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21 Jul 2006 12:19:13 AM |
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derivation of velocity formula for tense string |
Looking for derivation of v = sqrt(Tension/mu) - Google failed
to turn up a proof. What exactly is "Tension" here? Is it the
force holding the tense string to a support? (mu = linear mass
density, mass/length).
Thanks.
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| User: "CWatters" |
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| Title: Re: derivation of velocity formula for tense string |
21 Jul 2006 03:50:47 AM |
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"Wendy E. McCaughrin" <wemccaug@bluestem.prairienet.org> wrote in message
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Looking for derivation of v = sqrt(Tension/mu) - Google failed
to turn up a proof. What exactly is "Tension" here? Is it the
force holding the tense string to a support? (mu = linear mass
density, mass/length).
See "Traveling Wave Solution for String"
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/waves/wavsol.html#c2
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