Wave Motion
H1-04: BELL IN VACUUM - PORTABLE
Category: H1 Nature of Sound
Purpose:
Small version of the standard bell in vacuum demonstration.
H3-74: TUNING BAR PARADOX - EFFECT OF WIDTH
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Illustrate transverse vibrations of a solid bar struck in the center.
H3-72: TUNING RODS
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Hear longitudinal standing wave resonances in aluminum rods.
H3-62: TEACUP STANDING WAVES
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate circular standing waves in an interesting way.
H3-21: SOUND RESONANCE IN WATER TUBE
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves in a closed tube.
H3-16: SINGING PIPES
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Show sound resonance created by convection currents in a tube.
H3-15: TWIRL-A-TUNE AND VACUUM CLEANER
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing wave resonances in an open tube.
H3-12: ROARING TUBE - 4 FT
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing sound waves in air excited by convection currents.
H3-13: ROARING TUBE - 8 FT
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing sound waves in air excited by convection currents.
H3-11: TUNING FORKS AND RESONANT TUBE
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Illustrate resonance in an air column.
H3-05: KUNDT'S TUBE - OSCILLATOR DRIVEN
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves in an air column.
H3-04: KUNDT'S TUBE - STROKED ROD
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves in an air column.
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.
H2-55: BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING BOXES
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Illustrate beats and resonance.
H2-54: BEATS - MOIRE PATTERN MODEL
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Model for beats between mistuned audio oscillators.
H2-33: SPEAKER AND EXPONENTIAL HORN
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate the effect of an exponential horn enclosure.
H2-31: ACOUSTIC COLLIMATOR
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate the effect of frequency on diffraction of sound.
H2-28: FOURIER SYNTHESIZER - ADDITION OF WAVES
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate addition of two sine waves with variable phase difference.
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G3-01 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TRAVELING WAVES
Demonstrates traveling waves
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G3-02: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES
Demonstrate constructive and destructive interference using pulses. Read More
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G3-03: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - REFLECTION OF PULSES
Demonstrate reflection of pulses from fixed ends and free ends.
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G3-04: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - STANDING WAVES
Demonstrate standing waves. Read More
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G3-05: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - PARTIAL REFLECTIONS
Show that a wave will be partially reflected at a point where the impedance changes. Read More
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G3-06: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - IMPEDANCE MATCHING
Show that no reflection occurs when the impedance of the load (absorber at right) matches the impedance of the wave machine. Read More
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G3-07: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TAPERED TRANSFORMER
Useful for obtaining a reasonably good impedance match between the two large segments of the Shive machine. Read More
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G3-08: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FABREY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER
Demonstrate the mechanical analog of the optical Fabrey-Perot interferometer. Read More
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G3-09: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FREQUENCY FILTERING
Demonstrate the mechanical analog of the optical Fabrey-Perot interferometer. Read More
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G3-10: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - BRANCHING
Demonstrate branching and recombining with two wave machines in parallel. Read More
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G3-11: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - RESONANCE ABSORPTION
Demonstrate resonance absorption of wave energy by a mass-on-spring system. Read More
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G3-20: WAVE APPARATUS
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal wave motion. Read More
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G3-21 TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING
Demonstrates traveling waves
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G3-23: TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING - FREE END
Show reflections at a free end. Read More
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G3-24: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - TRAVELING WAVES
Show travelling waves. Read More
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G3-25: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - IMPEDANCE MISMATCH
Show partial reflections and dependence of wave speed on density of the medium. Read More
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G3-26: AIR TRACK - LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Demonstrate longitudinal waves with a series of spring-coupled air track gliders. Read More
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G3-27: AIR TABLE - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves using an air table. Read More
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G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
Shows longitudinal and transverse traveling waves & standing waves
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G3-29: SUSPENDED SLINKY - PORTABLE
Show longitudinal and transverse traveling waves and standing waves. Read More
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G3-31: Spring and Horns
Show sound waves from a mechanical wave Read More
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G3-41: WAVE MODELS - PROJECTION
Demonstrate standing waves, travelling waves, and superposition of waves. Read More
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G3-42: TORSIONAL WAVES
Demonstrate wave phenomena such as traveling waves, standing waves, and reflection of waves Read More
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G3-43 WHIP
Illustrates transverse wave motion.
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G3-45: RESONANCE OF WIRES
Show standing waves in heavy wires fixed at one end. Read More
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G3-46: STANDING WAVES IN A WIRE LOOP
Illustrate circular standing waves; to use as a model of stationary states in atoms corresponding to standing waves of electrons… Read More
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G3-51 ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - FREQUENCY VS. WAVELENGTH
Show standing waves in heavy wires fixed at one end. Read More
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G3-52: ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - ROPE TENSION VS WAVELENGTH
Observe the change in wavelength of a vibrating rope as the tension is varied. Read More
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G3-53 STANDING WAVES IN A STRING
Demonstrates standing waves on a thin string
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