Question

using dimensional analysis find the relation between the velocities of transverse waves produced from the vibration of thin homogeneous string and between the tension in the string and mass per unit length of it.​

Answer 1

Answer:

$v^2=\frac{T}{M}$

where v = transverse wave velocity, T = tension in the string, M = mass per unit length.

Explanation:

Dimensional analysis is where you just look at the units and see how they fit within each other.

In this case, all relationships are made using the MLT comparisons, where M stands for Mass, L stands for Length, and T stands for time.

For example, for velocity, we know the SI unit for velocity is [ms⁻¹] which is L¹T⁻¹, we can do the same thing for tension = [N = Kgms⁻²] = M¹L¹S⁻², and for the mass per unit length which we can think of as [Kgm⁻¹] = M¹L⁻¹.

If you play around a little with the powers, you can find a relationship:

$v^2=\frac{T}{M}$

since:

[L¹T⁻¹]² = L²T⁻² = M¹L¹T⁻² ÷ M¹L⁻¹ = M¹⁻¹L¹⁻⁽⁻¹⁾T⁻² = M⁰L²T⁻² = L²T⁻²