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Wasserwellen: transversale und longitudinale Schwingungen

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“Wasserwellen sind Oberflächenwellen, die aus einer Überlagerung von transversalen und longitudinalen Schwingungen bestehen.”
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Summary

Water waves are surface (or water) waves whose particle motion combines transverse (up‑and‑down) and longitudinal (back‑and‑forth) components. This mixed motion characterizes the wave’s propagation at the water–air interface.

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  • Water Wave - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

    Waves created on the free surface of water, e.g. the ocean waves produced by wind, are surface waves composed by a combination of transverse and longitudinal waving displacements in a liquid, by which its surface undergoes local deformations although the incompressible bulk remains essentially ...

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  • Wave Motion in Mechanical Medium

    The S waves (Secondary waves) in an earthquake are examples of Transverse waves. S waves propagate with a velocity slower than P waves, arriving several seconds later. Water waves are an example of waves that involve a combination of both longitudinal and transverse motions.

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madsci.org
  • Re: Transverse Waves vs ocean waves

    MadSci Network: Physics Query: Re: Transverse Waves vs ocean waves Date: Thu Jul 2 13:08:16 1998 Posted By: Jason Goodman, Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Area of science: Physics ID: 899166608.Ph Message: · You're right: the parcels of water don't move purely ...

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  • 5.5: Waves - Physics LibreTexts

    Waves may be transverse, longitudinal, or a combination of the two. (Water waves are actually a combination of transverse and longitudinal.

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