Standing waves are not physically different than the waves we already learned about. However unlike most physical waves that are allowed to travel through a string or through the air, standing waves are confined to only one section of a string or air in a tube. By confining the wave, it will reflect back and forth within that section, giving us some interesting behavior.

• Professor Dave - Standing Waves and Harmonics
• Flipping Physics - Standing Waves Introduction
• Khan Academy - Standing waves in open tubes
• Khan Academy - Standing waves in closed tubes

• Organic Chemistry Tutor - Standing Waves on a String
• Organic Chemistry Tutor - Standing Waves in Tubes

• Steve Mould - A better description of resonance with fire tubes

• Standing Waves
• Doppler Effect
• Superposition and Standing Waves
• Longitudinal and Transverse Waves

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Standing waves are not physically different than the waves we already learned about. However unlike most physical waves that are allowed to travel through a string or through the air, standing waves are confined to only one section of a string or air in a tube. By confining the wave, it will reflect back and forth within that section, giving us some interesting behavior.