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Vibration, periodic backandforth motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium, commonly resulting when almost any physical system is displaced from its equilibrium condition and allowed to respond to the forces that tend to restore equilibrium. The study of vibrations and waves is needed to understand electromagnetic wave behavior, simple harmonic motion, the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves that distinguishes between light and sound. For example, light and sound move though space as waves. Introductory physics series is the result of a program of careful study, planning, and development that began in 1960. Vibrations and waves pdf 105p currently this section contains no detailed description for the page. Longitudinal waves two different motions to describe in a wave. The physics of vibrations and waves wiley online books. According to hookes law, the force exerted by a spring on an object is proportional to a.
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