Wave Motion
H2-27: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - OSCILLATOR
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Dramatically demonstrate interference between two identical sources.
H2-26: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - MUSIC
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate interference of sound in a dramatic way.
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.
H2-22: INTERFERENCE - TRANSPARENCIES
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
An optical analog to the interference pattern from two identical sound sources.
H2-03: ACOUSTIC RADAR
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Illustrate how RADAR and SONAR work
H2-02: PARABOLIC MICROPHONE
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Show what a parabolic microphone is and to demonstrate its sensitivity individually.
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.
G3-20: WAVE APPARATUS
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal wave motion.
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.
G3-46: STANDING WAVES IN A WIRE LOOP
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Illustrate circular standing waves; to use as a model of stationary states in atoms corresponding to standing waves of electrons in Bohr orbits.
G3-45: RESONANCE OF WIRES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show standing waves in heavy wires fixed at one end.
G3-42: TORSIONAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate wave phenomena such as traveling waves, standing waves, and reflection of waves.
G3-41: WAVE MODELS - PROJECTION
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves, travelling waves, and superposition of waves.
G3-29: SUSPENDED SLINKY - PORTABLE
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show longitudinal and transverse traveling waves and standing waves.
G3-27: AIR TABLE - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves using an air table.
G3-26: AIR TRACK - LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate longitudinal waves with a series of spring-coupled air track gliders.
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.
G3-24: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - TRAVELING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show travelling waves.
G3-23: TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING - FREE END
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show reflections at a free end.