What is the phase difference of the oscillations of the two prongs of a tuning fork?

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What is the phase difference of the oscillation of a tuning fork?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '13 at 06:41

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To my knowledge, they're 180 degrees out of phase - since they're both going outwards and inwards at the same time, at any given moment they're travelling in opposite directions, hence a one-eighty phase difference.

answered Jul 04 '13 at 06:41

MattS

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What is the phase difference of the oscillations of the two prongs of a tuning fork?

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