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Wave Motion


H2-27: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - OSCILLATOR

Purpose: Dramatically demonstrate interference between two identical sources.

H2-26: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - MUSIC

Purpose: Demonstrate interference of sound in a dramatic way.

H2-25: QUINCKE'S INTERFERENCE TUBES

Purpose: Demonstrate interference of sound waves in a perhaps surprising way.

H2-24: AUDIBLE YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT - MIC AND SCOPE

Purpose: Demonstrate interference of sound with two coherent sound sources in a quantitative way.

H2-22: INTERFERENCE - TRANSPARENCIES

Purpose: An optical analog to the interference pattern from two identical sound sources.

H2-03: ACOUSTIC RADAR

Purpose: Illustrate how RADAR and SONAR work

H2-02: PARABOLIC MICROPHONE

Purpose: Show what a parabolic microphone is and to demonstrate its sensitivity individually.

H2-01: FOCUSING OF SOUND WITH CONCAVE REFLECTORS

Purpose: Demonstrate how sound waves can be focused by concave reflectors.

G3-20: WAVE APPARATUS

Purpose: Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal wave motion.

G3-52: ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - ROPE TENSION VS WAVELENGTH

Purpose: Observe the change in wavelength of a vibrating rope as the tension is varied.

G3-46: STANDING WAVES IN A WIRE LOOP

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

Purpose: Show standing waves in heavy wires fixed at one end.

G3-42: TORSIONAL WAVES

Purpose: Demonstrate wave phenomena such as traveling waves, standing waves, and reflection of waves.

G3-41: WAVE MODELS - PROJECTION

Purpose: Demonstrate standing waves, travelling waves, and superposition of waves.

G3-29: SUSPENDED SLINKY - PORTABLE

Purpose: Show longitudinal and transverse traveling waves and standing waves.

G3-27: AIR TABLE - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL WAVES

Purpose: Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves using an air table.

G3-26: AIR TRACK - LONGITUDINAL WAVES

Purpose: Demonstrate longitudinal waves with a series of spring-coupled air track gliders.

G3-25: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - IMPEDANCE MISMATCH

Purpose: Show partial reflections and dependence of wave speed on density of the medium.
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