Physics · Theme C: Wave behaviour
C.4 — Standing waves and resonance
Physics · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes
Standing waves: nodes and antinodes
How standing waves form by superposition, and the nodes, antinodes, amplitude and phase along them.
Harmonics in strings and pipes
Standing-wave patterns for the boundary conditions of strings and pipes, and the nth harmonic.
Resonance and damping
Natural frequency and driving frequency, light/critical/heavy damping, and the effects of resonance.