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.
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H1-01 BELL IN VACUUM
Demonstrates sound wave requirement for a medium
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H1-02 SPEAKER AND CANDLE
Demonstrates longitudinal behavior of sound waves
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H1-03: BELLS
Use bells as a sound source Read More
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H1-04: BELL IN VACUUM - PORTABLE
Small version of the standard bell in vacuum demonstration Read More
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H1-11: MICROPHONE AND OSCILLOSCOPE
Show the wave shape of various sounds Read More
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H1-12: VISIBLE WAVEFORMS ON LARGE SPEAKER
Show the loudspeaker motion produced by waves of various shapes Read More
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H1-13 WAVEFORM GENERATOR, SPEAKER AND OSCILLOSCOPE
Demonstrates waveform and sound of standard waves
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H1-21: SPEED OF SOUND - PHASE CHANGE
Determine the speed of sound Read More
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H1-22: SPEED OF SOUND - USING PULSES
Determine the speed of sound in air Read More
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H1-24: SPEED OF SOUND IN HELIUM
Determine the speed of sound as a function of gas density Read More
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H1-25: SPEED OF SOUND BETWEEN TWO MICROPHONES
Measure the speed of sound by determining the travel time of a pulse between two microphones Read More
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H1-26: SPEED OF SOUND IN GARDEN HOSE
Direct measurement of the speed of sound in air Read More
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H1-27: SPEED OF SOUND - LISSAJOUS FIGURES
Measurement of the speed of sound in air using Lissajous figures Read More
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H1-31: SOUND LEVEL METER
Demonstrate use of a sound level meter Read More
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H1-32: WAVETEK AND AUDIO CART - EQUAL SOUND LEVEL STEPS
Illustrate the effect on the ear of successive changes of exactly 10 dB Read More
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H1-41: ULTRASONIC MOTION DETECTOR
Demonstrate how an ultrasonic motion detector works Read More
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H1-43: ULTRASONICS AND HEARING
Demonstrate that there exist ultrasonic waves with frequencies above the range of human hearing Read More
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H1-44: ULTRASONIC MOTION DETECTOR WAVE FORM
Show the wave form of the ultrasonic signal created by the ultrasonic motion detector Read More
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H1-51: AUDIOTAPE 42 MIN - SCIENCE OF SOUND - SHORT VERSION
Illustrate various audio phenomena Read More
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H1-52: AUDIOTAPE 82 MIN - SCIENCE OF SOUND - LONG VERSION
Illustrate various audio phenomena Read More
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H1-53: AUDIOTAPE 8 MIN - WOMB SOUNDS
Hear heartbeats Read More
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