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The next of the fundamental PDEs governs the transverse vibrations of a
string as shown in figure 9.
During the vibrations, kinetic energy due to the transverse motion
of the string is converted into potential energy in the string
and vice-versa. Friction is ignored.
Figure 9:
Vibrations of a string.
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