Oscillations and Waves

Oscillations – 3A00.00

• Pendula – 3A10.00
  • Simple Pendulum – 3A10.10
  • Cycloid Track – 3A10.10
• Physical Pendula – 3A15.00
  • Sweet Spot – 3A15.50
• Springs and Oscillators – 3A20.00
  • Mass on a Spring – 3A20.10
  • Air Track Glider and Spring – 3A20.30
  • Air Track Glider Between Springs – 3A20.35
• Simple Harmonic Motion – 3A40.00
  • Arrow on the Wheel – 3A40.30
• Damped Oscillations – 3A50.00
• Driven Mechanical Resonance – 3A60.00
  • Tacoma Narrows Film/ Video – 3A60.10
  • Driven Cart Between Springs – 3A60.24
  • Resonance in Rods – 3A60.51
• Coupled Oscillations – 3A70.00
  • Coupled Pendula – 3A70.20
  • Coupled Oscillation With Tennis Balls – 3A70.21
  • Spring Coupled Pendula – 3A70.25
• Normal Modes – 3A75.00
• Lissajous Figures – 3A80.00
• Non-Linear Systems – 3A95.00
  • Chaos Pendulum (Math Dept. Demo) – 3A95.50

Wave Motion – 3B00.00

• Transverse Pulses and Waves – 3B10.00
  • Pulse on a Rope – 3B10.10
  • Wave Model by Wave Machine – 3B10.30
• Longitudinal Pulses and Waves – 3B20.00
  • Hanging Slinky – 3B20.10
• Standing Waves – 3B22.00
  • Vibrating String – 3B22.10
  • Standing Waves on the Over Head Projector – 3B22.11
  • Resonance in Glass Pipe Filled with Kerosene – 3B22.15
• Impedance and Dispersion – 3B25.00
  • Impedance with the Wave Machine – 3B25.10
  • Reflection with the Wave Machine – 3B25.20
• Compound Waves – 3B27.00
  • Wave Superposition with Wave Machine – 3B27.15
• Wave Properties of Sound – 3B30.00
  • Speed of Sound – 3B30.10
  • Helium Talk – 3B30.50
• Phase and Group Velocity – 3B33.00
• Reflection & Refraction (Sound) – 3B35.00
• Transfer of Energy in Waves – 3B39.00
• Doppler Effect – 3B40.00
  • Doppler Buzzer – 3B40.10
• Shock Waves – 3B45.00
• Interference and Diffraction – 3B50.00
  • Ripple Tank – Single Slit – 3B50.10
  • Ripple Tank – Two Points – 3B50.20
  • Ripple Tank – Double Slit – 3B50.25
• Interference and Diffraction of Sound – 3B55.00
  • Interference with Two Speakers – 3B55.10
• Beats – 3B60.00
  • Beats with two Speakers – 3B60.10
• Coupled Resonators – 3B70.00
  • Sympathetic Resonance with Tuning Forks – 3B70.10

Acoustics – 3C00.00

• The Ear – 3C10.00
• Pitch – 3C20.00
  • Range of Hearing – 3C20.10
• Intensity and Attenuation – 3C30.00
• Architectural Acoustics – 3C40.00
• Wave Analysis and Synthesis – 3C50.00
• Music Perception and the Voice – 3C55.00

Instruments – 3D00.00

• Resonance in Strings – 3D20.00
• Stringed Instruments – 3D22.00
• Resonance Cavities – 3D30.00
  • Resonance Tube – 3D30.15
  • Singing Pipe – 3D30.40
• Air Column Instruments – 3D32.00
  • Organ Pipes – 3D32.10
  • Variable Pitch Whistle – 3D32.15
  • Musical Pipes – 3D32.25
• Resonance in Plates, Bars, Solids – 3D40.00
  • Singing Rod – 3D40.20
  • Chladni Plate – 3D40.30
  • Shattering the Beaker/ Wine Glass – 3D40.55
• Percussion Instruments – 3D42.00
• Tuning Forks – 3D46.00
  • Tuning Forks – 3D46.15
• Electronic Instruments – 3D50.00

Sound Reproduction – 3E00.00

• Audio System – 3E10.00
• Loudspeakers – 3E20.00
• Microphones – 3E30.00
• Amplifiers – 3E40.00
• Recorders – 3E60.00
• Digital System – 3E80.00