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H3-03: REFLECTION OF PULSES IN TUBE
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate the phase of pulses reflected from open ends and closed ends of a tube.
H3-02: STANDING SOUND WAVES - REFLECTION
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate the origin of standing waves from one source and its reflection.
H3-01: STANDING SOUND WAVES - TWO SOURCES
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate the origin of standing waves from two identical sources.
H2-28: FOURIER SYNTHESIZER - ADDITION OF WAVES
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate addition of two sine waves with variable phase difference.
H2-25: QUINCKE'S INTERFERENCE TUBES
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate interference of sound waves in a perhaps surprising way.
H2-24: AUDIBLE YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT - MIC AND SCOPE
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate interference of sound with two coherent sound sources in a quantitative way.
H2-03: ACOUSTIC RADAR
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Illustrate how RADAR and SONAR work
H2-01: FOCUSING OF SOUND WITH CONCAVE REFLECTORS
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate how sound waves can be focused by concave reflectors.
G3-52: ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - ROPE TENSION VS WAVELENGTH
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Observe the change in wavelength of a vibrating rope as the tension is varied.
G3-42: TORSIONAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate wave phenomena such as traveling waves, standing waves, and reflection of waves.
G3-25: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - IMPEDANCE MISMATCH
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show partial reflections and dependence of wave speed on density of the medium.
G3-23: TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING - FREE END
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show reflections at a free end.
G3-11: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - RESONANCE ABSORPTION
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate resonance absorption of wave energy by a mass-on-spring system.
G3-10: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - BRANCHING
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate branching and recombining with two wave machines in parallel.
G3-09: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FREQUENCY FILTERING
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate frequency filtering through a "filter" consisting of four weighted crossarms and the interference from partial reflections they produce.
G3-08: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FABREY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate the mechanical analog of the optical Fabrey-Perot interferometer.
G3-07: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TAPERED TRANSFORMER
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Useful for obtaining a reasonably good impedance match between the two large segments of the Shive machine.
G3-05: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - PARTIAL REFLECTIONS
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show that a wave will be partially reflected at a point where the impedance changes.
G3-06: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - IMPEDANCE MATCHING
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show that no reflection occurs when the impedance of the load (absorber at right) matches the impedance of the wave machine.
G3-04: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - STANDING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves.
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C2-01 AIR TRACK - CONSTANT VELOCITY AND UNIFORM ACCELERATION
Demonstrate constant velocity and uniform acceleration with minimal friction Read More
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C2-02: AIR TRACK - DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION
Measure acceleration using two different procedures. Read More
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C2-03: AIR TRACK - UNIFORM ACCELERATION - INCLINED
Measure acceleration along an inclined air track.
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C2-04: FREE FALL WITH PHOTOCELL GATES
Measure acceleration due to gravity
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C2-06 BALL DROP ON ROPE - EQUAL AND UNEQUAL INTERVALS
Illustrate the geometrical effect of free fall Read More
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C2-09: FREE FALL WITH STROBE
Show the position of a dropped ball at a series of equal time intervals
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C2-10: CONSTANT VELOCITY - GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT
Show constant velocity and uniform acceleration using a rolling body.
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C2-11 RACING BALLS
Illustrate linear kinematics Read More
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C2-21 PROJECTILES DROPPED AND SHOT
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion Read More
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C2-22 MONKEY AND HUNTER
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion Read More
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C2-23: TRAJECTORY OF A BALL - MODEL
Illustrate the position of a projectile at equal time intervals
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C2-24: WATER DROP PARABOLA
Demonstrate the parabolic path of a projectile.
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C2-25: FUNNEL CART
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion Read More
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C2-26 FUNNEL CART WITH MASS OVER PULLEY
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion Read More
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C2-27 FUNNEL CART ON INCLINE
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion Read More
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C2-28: TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion Read More
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C2-41: VECTOR ADDITION OF VELOCITIES
Illustrate addition of two orthogonal velocity components Read More
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C2-51: KINEMATICS WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER
Plot graphs of position, velocity, and acceleration
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