Re: speed of waves in water

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

"It depends on the wavelength and/or the depth of the
channel."


Yes, an unexpected complication; the depth of the water.  That's why
waves break parallel to the shore * tho 50 yards off shore they may be
traveling in quite a different direction.

* the usual case of a sloping sandy beach.

http://www.coastal.udel.edu/ngs/waves.html

bc

John S. Denker wrote:

> On 12/03/2003 07:12 PM, Larry Smith wrote:
>
>
> > From a student: "How come sound waves travel so fast in water but
> > water waves (the visual kind) move so slow?"
>
> What's the speed of sound in steel, and how does it
> compare to speed of the visble waves on a steel slinky?
>
> 1) For starters, figure out what excitation mode
> you're talking about.

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