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1 WAVES: INTRODUCTION A fixed boundary (one that cannot move) limits the amplitude to zero! Note how the wave returns…

2 WAVES: INTRODUCTION An open (or free) boundary is one that doesn’t limit the amplitude – it can reach its max value Note how the wave returns here…

3 WAVES: INTRODUCTION

4 Interference of Waves Or…When Waves Collide!

5 WAVES: INTRODUCTION When waves meet they can “interfere” in a positive way…their amplitudes ADD: it’s called “Constructive Interference”

6 WAVES: INTRODUCTION Or they can “interfere” in a negative way: their amplitudes will SUBTRACT: it’s called “Destructive Interference”

7 WAVES: INTRODUCTION Here’s an example of both events happening when these two wave sets cross. They might be sound waves, they might be radio waves…

8 WAVES: INTRODUCTION Interference and Boundary effects For a string fixed at both ends:

9 WAVES: INTRODUCTION Other examples of “boundaries” From a light to a heavy medium: From a heavy to a light medium:


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