Table of Contents
- 1 Why are L waves most destructive?
- 2 What is the most destructive wave and why?
- 3 Which wave do you think can cause the most damage?
- 4 Which wave do you think can cause the most damage to structures during an earthquake?
- 5 What is the significance of L wave?
- 6 Why are surface waves the most destructive type of earthquake waves?
- 7 Which type of wave do you think can cause the most damage to structure during an earthquake?
- 8 What are the properties of L waves?
Why are L waves most destructive?
The ground moves laterally, or shimmies side-to-side with no vertical component. Of the two types of surface waves, the L-waves are the most destructive. They can literally move the ground beneath a building faster than the building itself can respond, effectively shearing the base off of the rest of the building.
What is the most destructive wave and why?
There are two types of surface waves: Love and Rayleigh waves. Love waves move back and forth horizontally. Rayleigh waves cause both vertical and horizontal ground motion. These can be the most destructive waves as they roll along lifting and dropping the ground as they pass.
What is an L wave in an earthquake?
noun Geology. an earthquake wave that travels around the earth’s surface and is usually the third conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph. Also called long wave .
Which wave do you think can cause the most damage?
Surface waves
Surface waves are the seismic waves that cause the most damage. Surface waves are named as such because they move along close to the surface of the…
Which wave do you think can cause the most damage to structures during an earthquake?
S waves
S waves arrive next and cause a structure to vibrate from side to side. They are the most damaging waves, because buildings are more easily damaged from horizontal motion than from vertical motion.
What does L in L waves stand for?
A. S. Adikesavan. Jul 20, 2016. P, S and L waves refer to Primary, Secondary and Longitudinal waves. L is also the first letter in Love waves.
What is the significance of L wave?
An L wave in pulse wave Doppler and M mode echocardiography represents continued pulmonary vein mid diastolic flow through the left atrium in to LV across mitral valve after early rapid filling.
Why are surface waves the most destructive type of earthquake waves?
Surface waves They are typically generated when the source of the earthquake is close to the Earth’s surface. Although surface waves travel more slowly than S-waves, they can be much larger in amplitude and can be the most destructive type of seismic wave.
Which of the following earthquake wave is more destructive?
Surface waves are considered to be the most damaging waves. Seismographs .
Which type of wave do you think can cause the most damage to structure during an earthquake?
What are the properties of L waves?
The L waves travel along the surface of the earth from the point directly above the quake or epicenter. Love (L) waves are shear waves where the shearing (back and forth) motion, is confined to a horizontal plane at the Earth’s surface.