Waves must be distinguished as to what medium they are traveling through, if you want to make any sense of data. Sound will travel at a certain rate in air and another in water, and these rates can …
Vectors, components, sine and cosine in power series
Back in algebra II or so you probably started going over vectors. To start off, you could describe a vector using an angle (like that on a compass) and a magnitude or as two components (i and …
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Tranverse and Longitudinal Waves
Waves exist in two forms– transverse (like an ocean wave) and longitudinal (like sound waves). A transverse wave has a displacement perpendicular to the medium while the displacement of the medium …
Physics of White Water Rafting Bernoulli Pressure
If you go ever go white water rafting you’ll start out in a nice calm area, kind of like the happy singing place on Splash Mountain in Disneyland. The river is wide at this point and the velocity of …
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Buoyancy Continued Ice, Salt Water, Pressure
When an object is immersed within a fluid, for example air or water, the volume of the fluid displaced will contribute to an upward force. The amount of fluid displaced will cause a force of equal …
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Buoyancy and Volume Displacement
Objects that float have something known as buoyancy which is an upward force that exists when the specific object has less density than the surrounding medium. The mass of the object is important, …