Answer by Manuel Fortin for Why is the speed of oceanic waves not a constant...
But sound is a product of an oscillation that provokes the molecules of the medium (atmosphere) to move up and down.Sound waves in air are longitudinal waves. They compress and expand the air in the...
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Answer by Farcher for Why is the speed of oceanic waves not a constant like...
I think that this question is why sound waves are non-dispersive whereas gravity waves on the surface of water are and also depend on the depth of the water. In fact if the depth of the water is less...
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The dynamical origins of the two are extremely different.Surface waves in water are gravity waves, which means that the restoring force trying to bring peaks and troughs back to the mean height is...
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Sound waves transfer energy to the molecules which energy moves , but the molecules stay put on an average position,>A sound wave traveling through air is a classic example of a longitudinal wave....
View ArticleWhy is the speed of oceanic waves not a constant like sound?
I cant understand this, according to what I read here. The speed of a wave depends on its wavelength and its depth, through the relation$$v=\sqrt{\frac{g\lambda}{2\pi}\tanh\left(2\pi \frac...
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