Oscillations & Waves

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Choose a subtopic from the list below and see the demos we have to offer.

• 3A : Oscillations

  
  
  • 3A10 Pendula
    • 3A10.10 - Simple Pendulum
    • 3A10.30 - Torsion Pendulum
    
    
  • 3A15 Physical Pendula
    • 3A15.20 - Oscillating Bar
    • 3A15.25 - Oscillating Hoop
    
    
  • 3A20 Springs and Oscillators
    • 3A20.10 - Mass on a Spring
    • 3A20.35 - Air Track Glider between Springs
    
    
  • 3A60 Driven Mechanical Resonance
    • 3A60.10 - Tacoma Narrows Bridge DVD
    • 3A60.20 - Driven Glider on Air Track
    • N/A - Resonance Pendula on Car
    
    
  • 3A70 Coupled Oscillations
    • 3A70.10 - Wilberforce Pendulum
    • 3A70.20 - Dowel Coupled Pendula
    • 3A70.25 - Spring Coupled Pendula
    
    
  • 3A75 Normal Modes
    • 3A75.10 - Coupled Harmonic Oscillators
    
    
  
  

• 3B : Wave Motion

  
  
  • 3B10 Transverse Pulses and Waves
    • 3B10.10 - Pulse on a Rope
    • 3B10.15 - Wave Speed Tension Dependence
    • 3B10.31 - Horizontal Torsion Bars
    
    
  • 3B22 Standing Waves
    • 3B22.10 - Standing Waves on a String
    • 3B22.11 - Standing Waves on a Rope
    • 3B22.12 - Standing Waves on a Long Spring
    
    
  • 3B25 Impedance and Dispersion
    • 3B25.15 - Impedance Mismatching in Rope
    • 3B25.25 - Spring Wave Reflections
    
    
  • 3B30 Wave Properties of Sound
    • 3B30.30 - Bell in a Vacuum
    • 3B30.50 - Helium Talk
    
    
  • 3B40 Doppler Effect
    • 3B40.10 - Doppler Buzzer
    
    
  • 3B45 Shock Waves
    • 3B45.61 - Bull Whip Sonic Boom
    
    
  • 3B50 Interference and Diffraction
    • 3B50.40 - Moiré Pattern Transparencies
    
    
  • 3B55 Interference of Sound
    • 3B55.10 - Speaker Bar
    
    
  • 3B60 Beats
    • 3B60.10 - Beat Forks
    • 3B60.20 - Beats on Scope
    
    
  
  

• 3C : Acoustics

  
  
  • 3C20 Pitch
    • 3C20.10 - Range of Hearing
    
    
  
  

• 3D : Instruments

  
  
  • 3D20 Resonance in Strings
    • 3D20.10 - Sonometer
    
    
  • 3D30 Resonance in Cavities
    • 3D30.70 - Hoot Pipes
    
    
  • 3D32 Air Column instruments
    • 3D32.10 - Organ Pipes
    
    
  • 3D40 Resonance in Plates, Bars, and Solids
    • 3D40.20 - Singing Rod
    • 3D40.55 - Glass Breaking with Sound
    
    
  
  

• Audio-Visual Resources

  
  

  The Oscillations and Waves videos are stored in MSTB 139.

  
  
  • • The Mechanical Universe...and Beyond: Vol.16-18 and Vol.39
    • Physics Single-Concept Films Collection 1, Unit III
    • Physics Single-Concept Films Collection 2, Unit II