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A steel cable has a cross sectional area 2.83x10^-3 m^2 and is kept under a tension of 1.00 x10^4 N. the density of steel is 7860 kg/ m^3 (note that this value is not the linear density of the cable). At what speed does a transverse wave move along the cable?

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The velocity is 21.203 m/s

What is tension ?

Tension is the force that is sent through a rope, string, or wire when two opposing forces pull on it. Along the whole length of the wire, the tension force pulls energy equally on the bodies at the ends. Every physical object that comes into contact with another one exerts force on it.

According to the given information

Cross sectional Area, A = 2.83 [tex]\times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~m}^2$[/tex]

Tension on the string, T = 1 [tex]\times 10^4[/tex] N

Density of steel, [tex]$\rho[/tex] = 7860 [tex]\mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{m}^3$[/tex]

let [tex]$\psi(x)$[/tex] be the equation of the wave on the cable.

then Net force on the cable, [tex]$F_{n e t}[/tex] = T [tex]\left[\psi^{\prime}(x+d x)-\psi^{\prime}(x)\right][/tex]

                                                          = [tex]T d x\left(d^2 \psi(x) / d^2 x\right)$[/tex]

where we have assumed that [tex]$d x$[/tex] is infinitesimal

Now mass density of cable per unit length can be calculated as following

[tex]& \mu=A \rho \\[/tex]

[tex]& \mu=2.83 \times 10^{-3} \times 7860=22.243 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{m}[/tex]

Using equation 1 ,

[tex]& F_{\text {net }}[/tex] = [tex]T d x\left(d^2 \psi(x) / d^2 x\right)[/tex] = m a =[tex]\mu d x\left(d^2 \psi(x) / d^2 t\right) \text { where } m[/tex][tex]=\mu d x \\& d^2 \psi(x) / d^2 t=(T / \mu)\left(d^2 \psi(x) / d^2 x\right)[/tex]

Comparing with the above equation,

[tex]$d^2 \psi(x) / d^2t[/tex] = [tex]\left(v^2\right)\left(d^2 \psi(x) / d^2 x\right)$[/tex] where V is the speed of the wave. then

v = [tex]\sqrt{T / \mu}$[/tex]

Using equation 2 and given value of tension,

v = [tex]\sqrt{1 \times 10^4 / v}=\sqrt{1 \times 10^4 / 22.243}[/tex]

  = [tex]\sqrt{449.57}=21.203 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}[/tex]

The velocity is 21.203 m/s

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