A mechanical wave (like a sound wave) requires a medium for propagation because the medium must carry the energy of the wave. With a mechanical wave, the source puts the energy into the medium, and the medium transports it. In contrast, and electromagnetic wave (like light) can travel in a vacuum; it needs no medium to support its propagation. To keep it simple there has to be energy that's all
Material medium is so important only for mechanical waves such as sound waves. But for electromagnetic wave even space is also a medium. Space is immaterial. For waves to get propagated we could imagine the secondary sources of waves and secondary wavelets right from those. Hence there becomes a chance for waves to change their direction at the edges of the obstacles.
It is not so much longitudinal vs. transverse - it is the type of wave. Mechanical waves, by definition, travel through matter. That includes sound waves. Mechanical waves, however, can be both longitudinal and transverse - and both require a medium.
Yes, for example sound is a longitudinal wave. It cannot travel in a vacuum.
medium's particle vibrate parallel to propagation of wave.
Longitudinal Wave
That is called a longitudinal wave.
Sound wave.
Yes, for example sound is a longitudinal wave. It cannot travel in a vacuum.
medium's particle vibrate parallel to propagation of wave.
It is not so much longitudinal vs. transverse - it is the type of wave. Mechanical waves, by definition, travel through matter. That includes sound waves. Mechanical waves, however, can be both longitudinal and transverse - and both require a medium.
Longitudinal Wave
longitudinal
Sound wave.
That is called a longitudinal wave.
The point on a longitudinal wave where the particles of a medium are stretched apart.
That is called a Longitudinal wave
The sound wave only travels in a medium, where the wave is in Longitudinal format.
Longitudinal wave
The type of wave in which the particles in the medium experience forces parallel to the wave's direction is the longitudinal wave. It is a mechanical wave that travels through a series of compressions and rarefactions.