Wave Motion
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.
G3-03: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - REFLECTION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate reflection of pulses from fixed ends and free ends.
G3-02: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate constructive and destructive interference using pulses.
G1-83: PENDULUM WAVES - COMMERCIAL VERSION
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Create waves in a very dramatic way using a series of carefully adjusted pendula of various lengths.
G1-82: PENDULUM WAVES
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Create waves in a very dramatic way using a series of fifteen carefully adjusted independent pendula.
G4-33: GROUP VELOCITY - TRANSPARENCIES
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate the relationship between the wave velocity and the group velocity
G4-32: MOIRE PATTERNS - COLOR
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Show color "interference" effects.
G4-31: MOIRE PATTERNS
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Show a type of interference pattern.
G4-22: CHLADNI FIGURES - OSCILLATOR DRIVEN
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Show two-dimensional standing waves in a metal plate
G4-21: CHLADNI FIGURES - BOWED
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Show two-dimensional standing waves in a metal plate
G4-14: SPOUTING BOWL
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate resonance in a dramatic way
G4-13: DRUM HEAD STANDING WAVES
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves in a circular membrane.
G4-12: STANDING WAVES ON A SOAP FILM
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves in a circular membrane.