Sound waves are longitudinal waves. When longitudinal waves travel through any given medium, they also include compressions and rarefactions. Compression occurs ...

10 февр. 2020 г. · So what type of wave is sound? Sound waves fall into three categories: longitudinal waves, mechanical waves, and pressure waves.

With sound waves, the energy travels along in the same direction as the particles vibrate. This type of wave is known as a longitudinal wave, so named because ...

A sound wave traveling through air is a classic example of a longitudinal wave. As a sound wave moves from the lips of a speaker to the ear of a listener ...

Sound travels through compressions and expansions of air. The wave travels parallel to the direction of motion of the wave. Hence it is a longitudinal wave.

28 сент. 2018 г. · Sound waves are longitudinal with compression and rarefaction alternating along the direction of propagation. Transverse sound waves do occur in ...