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Superposition of position and velocities

A pulse (shown on Figure 1) is heading in the $ x$ direction at 100 m/s towards the fixed end of a string (at $ x=0$).

Figure 1: Travelling pulse.
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(a)
Sketch snapshots at $ t = 0.05$ s and $ t = 0.06$ s.

(b)
Sketch the velocity distributions at $ t = 0$, $ t = 0.05$ s, and $ t = 0.06$ s.

(c)
Sketch a particle history for the endpoint ($ x=0$).

(d),
(e), (f):   Repeat parts (a), (b), and (c) if the end at $ x=0$ is free (in the $ y$ direction) instead of fixed.



Tomas Arias 2003-10-15