Melde Apparatus
Melde Apparatus
A simple experiment to study standing waves on a string.
The Melde Apparatus is a simple way to introduce students to the concept of standing waves.
The apparatus consists of a string and an oscillator to generate different frequencies.
Melde's experiment is ideal to study the behaviour of standing waves. You can even visually determine wavelength, period and amplitude of waves.
Simply connect a string with a hanging mass attached to the wave generator and turn on the apparatus. You can start observing the standing waves, in particular, the distance between two nodes corresponds to half the wavelength.”
With a simple tape meter it’s possible to measure the wavelength and the amplitude. With some basic calculations you will verify the relation between the frequency of the vibrating string, its wavelength, the tension applied and the density of the string.
experiment: Standing waves: easy determination of amplitude and wavelength in a standing wave
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