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Boundary conditions on wave equation
I am having trouble understanding the boundary conditions.
From the solutions, the first is that $D_1(0, t) = D_2(0, t)$ because the rope can't break at the junction.
The second is that ...
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Why frequency and tension doesn't change in the two medium?
I am reading a book about wave mechanics. There are two different cord (one light and one heavy) connected together, one person waving the lighter one, the wave transverse to the right from the ...
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EM-wave hits a brick-wall, $\pi/2$ -phase-shift? [duplicate]
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Phase shift of 180 degrees on reflection from optically denser medium
If I have a cord-wave, I get a phase-shift with attached cord but do I get such a phase-shift with ...
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Open Ended/ Close Ended instruments?
Close ended instruments have twice the wavelength, because the wave must travel twice the distance to repeat itself.
Why must a wave reach a lower density medium (air in this case) to repeat? When ...
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Phase shift of 180 degrees on reflection from optically denser medium
Can anyone please provide an intuitive explanation of why phase shift of 180 degrees occurs in the Electric Field of a EM wave,when reflected from an optically denser medium?
I tried searching for it ...
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Transparent boundary condition. Beam propagation method
I am interested in the finite-difference beam propagation method and its applications. I try to solve the Helmholtz equation. At first, i would like to solve numerically it for the easiest case, ...
