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
  
  
• 3A40 Simple Harmonic Motion
  • 3A40.10 - Circular Motion vs. Mass on Spring
  
  
• 3A60 Driven Mechanical Resonance
  • 3A60.10 - Tacoma Narrows Bridge DVD
  • 3A60.20 - Driven Glider on Air Track
  • 3A60.50 - Resonance Cart
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 3A95 Non-Linear Systems
  • 3A95.52 - Chaotic Pendulum
  
  

3B : Wave Motion

• 3B10 Transverse Pulses and Waves
  • 3B10.05 - The Wave: Transverse
  • 3B10.10 - Pulse on a Rope
  • 3B10.15 - Tension Dependence of Wave Speed
  • 3B10.31 - Horizontal Torsion Bars
  
  
• 3B20 Longitudinal Pulses and Waves
  • 3B20.05 - The Wave: Longitudinal
  • 3B20.10 - Hanging Slinky
  
  
• 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
  • 3B25.55 - Whistler Dispersion
  
  
• 3B30 Wave Properties of Sound
  • 3B30.30 - Bell in a Vacuum
  • 3B30.50 - Helium Talk
  
  
• 3B40 Doppler Effect
  • 3B40.10 - Doppler Buzzer
  • 3B40.11 - Doppler Ball
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 3C30 Intensity and Attenuation
  • 3C30.22 - Sound Level Meter
  
  

3D : Instruments

• 3D20 Resonance in Strings
  • 3D20.10 - Sonometer
  
  
• 3D30 Resonance in Cavities
  • 3D30.70 - Hoot Tubes
  
  
• 3D32 Air Column instruments
  • 3D32.10 - Organ Pipes
  
  
• 3D40 Resonance in Plates, Bars, and Solids
  • 3D40.17 - Handbells
  • 3D40.20 - Singing Rod
  • 3D40.55 - Glass Breaking with Sound
  
  
• 3D46 Tuning Forks
  • 3D46.15 - Tuning Fork Set
  
  

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