The energy in a sound wave is both kinetic and potential.
Just as in a vibrating spring, the medium has mass and moves and so moving mass is kinetic energy.
Just as in the spring there is compression and rarefaction, so there is elastic potential energy.
In fact, these two are equal, potential energy = kinetic energy, just like a spring.
Just like in a vibrating spring, the total energy is constant and equal to the average kinetic energy plus the average potential energy.
Mechanical
They both move energy through a field without moving a substance.
Sound waves are longitudinal waves; they travel from side to side, not up and down like transverse waves.
Light waves are eletromagnetic waves and sound waves are mechanical waves. Additionally, a light wave is a transverse wave that does not require a medium through which to travel. Sound waves, on the other hand, are longitudinal waves where the source transfers the mechanical energy of the sound wave into the medium so it can travel.
Most waves that travel through a substance are mechanical waves. These waves require a medium (such as water, air, or solids) to propagate. Sound waves, seismic waves, and ocean waves are examples of mechanical waves.
Mechanical
They have the same wavelength and harmony. Sometimes the amplitude.
sound waves are a example of mechanical waves
Mechanical waves are waves that require a medium in which to travel, i.e., a solid or fluid. As sound needs a medium to travel, sound is a mechanical wave.
They have the same wavelength and harmony. Sometimes the amplitude.
Yes it is.
Seismic waves are mechanical waves.
Sound waves. No medium (matter) to carry it, no sound.
they're mechanical waves
yes
Mechanical wave needs a medium to travel. Examples :- Sound Wave, Seismic Wave etc.
They both move energy through a field without moving a substance.