Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Standing Waves

What are nodes and antinodes and how do they relate to standing waves?

5 comments:

Kimberly said...

a node is a point at which a wave has an amplitude of zero, and antinode is a region of maximum amplitude situated between adjacent nodes in a vibrating body. THE END

Kelli said...

A node is a point in a standing wave that maintains zero displacement. An antinode is a point in a standing wave, halfway between two nodes, at which the largest displacement occurs.

Andy R said...

A node is a point at when a wave has an amplitude of zero, and an antinode is a region of maximum amplitude situated between nodes in a vibrating body.

tony said...

An antinode is is a point on the crest or trough that has displacement during the wave. Nodes however, don't have any displacement. They are points that stay the same in a standing wave. Nodes = no-des (no displacement ha)

Robb8952 said...

A node is a point at which a wave has an amplitued of zero. A antinode is a region of maximum amplitude situated between adjacent nodes in a vibrating body. They are the points in the standing wave, that is how they relate.