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Working on content for the fall semester. When it comes to
mechanical waves, the general consensus is there are at least two
important types based on disturbance vs propagation directions:
transverse and longitudinal. Some sources mention "surface waves"
but this seems to me to be a combination of transverse and
longitudinal and not a distinct type.
I've also seen the term axial wave. Is that yet another type or not?
Another: a torsional wave
seems to me to be a distinct type.