Ceperley, Peter2016-02-012016-02-012016-02-01https://hdl.handle.net/1920/10050Adobe flash animation - requires free Adobe flash player be installed on the viewer's computer.Physics students study waves on a string as typical of wave motion in general. While pure longitudinal and purely transverse waves are presented in most courses, in fact most waves, even waves on a string, have a mixture of both longitudinal and transverse motions. This animation illustrations such waves.enAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United StatesMixed wave propagation, technical animation, longitudinal transverse waves on a stringAnimation