AC 120 Lecture Notes - Waves, Linear Elasticity, S-Wave
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In this discussion, we will discuss longitudinal waves and the general characteristics of waves as well as the meaning of seismic waves and their types and classifications. In this discussion, readers will find out about longitudinal waves and the general characteristics of waves and also the classification of these waves. Longitudinal waves are one of the waves whose direction of vibration coincides or is in the direction of the direction of propagation of these waves. These waves do not distance a row of hills and valleys, but these waves are waves of compression and strain. These waves are also often referred to as density waves because the particles fluctuate when the wave this moving wave is able to propagate in liquid then solid material this wave example is like a spring wave. Another general characteristic of waves is the frequency and wave period for wave frequency which is the number of waves that occur in a unit of time.
