What are some examples of transverse waves which are not electromagnetic in nature? Electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature.What are some other kind of non electromagnetic waves which are also transverse in nature?
 A: A violin string. Vibrating strings are typically the first time that physics students encounter waves. The (one-dimensional) wave equation emerges naturally from considering the acceleration of a small string segment due to its tension and curvature in the limit of small transverse displacement.
A: Transverse waves happen in elastic solids. The oscillations are made as the solid atoms/molecules are displaced away from their relaxed position, in directions perpendicular to the propagation of the wave. This sort of wave is also called shear waves, secondary waves or S-waves, esp. in seismology. The velocity of a shear wave is controlled by the shear modulus ($G$) as follows:
$$v_s=\sqrt{\frac{G}{\rho}}\space,$$
where $\rho$ is the density of the solid.
A: In addition to a string or a whip, transverse waves exist on a membrane of a drum, in elastic solids (shear waves, such as secondary or S-waves in seismology), waves on the surface of a liquid (e.g. a lake), waves on the surface of an inflated balloon (e.g. a soap bubble). Some of transverse waves can coexist with longitudinal waves. E.g., both types can propagate at the same time in elastic solids. Gravitational waves are also transverse.
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