Transverse waves can propagate only in media that can sustain which stress?
AShearing stress
BShedding stress
CShielding stress
DShifting stress
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Shearing stress
1. A transverse wave needs the medium to resist sideways deformation.
2. Only some states of matter can do that.
3. Transverse waves propagate only in media which can sustain shearing stress.
4. That means solids and not fluids.
_Source: NCERT Class XI Physics Part II, Ch 14 'Waves'_
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