If waves travel with speed v along the string then equivalently the frequency of the standing waves is restricted to f v l n v 2 L. 0 m 99 ms. The lowest frequency that will produce a standing wave is known as the fundamental frequency.
For a given v the shorter the wavelength the higher is the.
Now the wave equation can be used to determine the frequency of the third harmonic. To form a standing wave with four antinodes. Standing Waves 3 In this equation v is the phase velocity of the waves on the stringis the wavelength of the standing wave andfis the resonant frequency for the standing wave. Wavelength and frequency are related through lf v where v is the speed of waves along the string.