Roger wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
Assume a constant power source and you will get the results
that Roy is talking about.

No, because you would find two waves of equal voltage and current
traveling in opposite directions, always arriving at exactly out of
phase, at the source.

No, because a *constant power source* is pumping joules/second
into the system no matter what voltage or current it requires
to move those joules/second into the system. It's like the
power source in "Forbidden Planet".

Now the question here is "Do the waves bounce off one another?"

Waves do NOT "bounce" off one another. At a physical
impedance discontinuity, the component waves can
superpose in such a way as to redistribute their energy
contents in a different direction. (Redistribution of energy
in a different direction in a transmission line implies
reflections.) In the absence of a physical impedance
discontinuity, waves just pass through each other.

www.mellesgriot.com/products/optics/oc_2_1.htm

micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/interference/waveinteractions/index.html
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com