Talk:S wave

Earthquakes High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Earthquakes, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of earthquakes, seismology, plate tectonics, and related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EarthquakesWikipedia:WikiProject EarthquakesTemplate:WikiProject EarthquakesWikiProject Earthquakes articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Physics: Fluid Dynamics Mid‑importance

	Physics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Physics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Physics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PhysicsWikipedia:WikiProject PhysicsTemplate:WikiProject Physicsphysics articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by Fluid Dynamics Taskforce.

Untitled

I think it might be a bit misleading to have the P-wave shadow diagram on the S-wave page - the caption makes sense but a casual observer will probably just glance and think the waves in the diagram are S-waves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.98.21 (talk) 14:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree — I just has this experience of misreading the diagram. --Jarhill (talk) 18:21, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

s-wave

the s-wave is a awesome thing that was discovered! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.30.66 (talk) 23:06, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

waves

But they are so lame!§

i love leaning about the s-wave p-wave and surface wave i like that it is on wikipedia! this site has every thing:) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.30.66 (talk) 23:09, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Duration

How long do s waves typically last for in an earthquake? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.75.92.83 (talk) 09:53, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

General and seismic meaning

Shear waves are not limited to seismic applications. As the article also handles the general shear-waves, this should be handled fist, though its names S-wave and not shear wave. The name S-waves and even more secondary wave seems to be more specific for seismic shear waves. The introduction is rather long anyway, at least for an article with automatic table of contend. So I suggest moving much of the more specific seismic part down to a section like "seismic waves". Ulrich67 (talk) 19:52, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are also medical applications. See Talk:Shear waves. Biscuittin (talk) 20:51, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Do not diverge"?

The hard section claimed "These waves do not diverge". Is that correct?
I suppose that was a reading of the divergent being zero. But that does not mean that the wave does not diverge (spread out). Does it? --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 18:44, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]