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什么是 Propagation speed?

Definition 20.5 High School Physics · 第 20 章 — Mechanical Waves

The propagation speed of a wave is the distance covered by the disturbance divided by the time taken: v=d/tv = d/t. It is the speed of the traveling shape, not of the medium.

A rope pulse photographed twice: the crest moved 2.4\, m in 0.30\, s, so v = 8.0\, m/ s — the shape travels, the rope stays.
A rope pulse photographed twice: the crest moved 2.4 m2.4\,\mathrm{m} in 0.30 s0.30\,\mathrm{s}, so v=8.0 m/sv = 8.0\,\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s} — the shape travels, the rope stays.

示例

Example 20.8 (Sound speeds)

Sound travels at 340 m/s340\,\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s} in air, 1500 m/s1500\,\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s} in water, 5900 m/s5900\,\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s} in steel — the stiffer, the faster. Hence the western-movie ear on the rail: steel announces the train first.

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