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  • This simulator by T. Walsh shows the Doppler effect with adjustable speeds for both the source and the observer in one-dimensional motion. It displays the observer’s perceived wavelength and frequency. Watch what happens when the relative velocity exceeds the speed of sound!

https://www.ophysics.com/w11.html

 

This pair of animations by B. Surendranath are best used complementarily.

  • The first shows the Doppler effect with a fixed observer, but a variable frequency and speed for the moving source.

https://www.surendranath.org/GPA/Waves/Doppler/Doppler.html

  • While the second compares the wavelength as measured from the two points.

https://www.surendranath.org/GPA/Waves/Doppler/DopplerB.html

 

  •  D. Russell has a page with a series of animations breaking down different cases of the Doppler effect, to compare motion below and above the speed of sound

https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html