Transverse bending waves and the breaking broomstick demonstration

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 505-510

  Vandegrift, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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EID: 3242815171     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18579     Document Type: Article

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