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- From: edwlt12@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (MIKE JAMISON)
- Subject: Waves in solids
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- Date: 3 Sep 1992 12:52 EST
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- The wave analogy I come up with comes from when my parents had a circular
- swimming pool. We used to stand in the center of the pool, in an inner
- tube, and alternately push down/let up on it. This set up a standing wave
- which peaked in the center of the pool, and also at the edges.
-
- The question to ask is: How is the force distributed at the pool walls
- compared to the pool center? The peak/valley delta of the waves was close
- to 4 ft. at the center of the pool (the pool was a 15 ft. diameter, 4 ft.
- high job. Yeah, a lot of water kinda splashed out :)).
-