Waves and Oscillations Index

3A-Oscillations

3A.10. Pendula

3A.15. Physical Pendula

3A.20. Springs and Oscillators

3A.40. Simple Harmonic Motion

3A.50. Damped Oscillators

3A.60. Driven Mechanical Resonance

3A.70. Coupled Oscillators

Wilberforce pendulum

3A.75. Normal Modes

3A.80. Lissajous Figures

3A.95. Non-Linear Systems

3B-Wave Motion

3B.10. Transverse Pulses and Waves

3B.20. Longitudinal Pulses and Waves

3B.22. Standing Waves

3B.25. Impedance and Dispersion

3B.27. Compound Waves

3B.30. Wave Properties of Sound

3B.33. Phase and Group Velocity

3B.35. Reflection and Refraction (sound)

3B.39. Transfer of Energy in Waves

3B.40. Doppler Effect

3B.45. Shock Waves

3B.50. Interference and Diffraction

3B.60. Beats

3B.70. Coupled Resonators

3C-Acoustics

3C.10. The Ear

3C.20. Pitch

3C.30. Intensity and Attenuation

3C.40. Architectural Acoustics

3C.50. Wave Analysis and Synthesis

3C.55. Music Perception and the Voice

3D-Instruments

3D.20. Resonance in Strings

3D.22. Stringed Instruments

3D.30. Resonance Cavities

3D.32. Air Column Instruments

3D.40. Resonance in Plates, Bars, Solids

3D.42. Percussion Instruments

3D.46. Tuning Forks

3D.50. Electronic Instruments

3E-Sound Reproduction

3E.20. Loudspeakers

3E.30. Microphones

3E.40. Amplifiers

3E.60. Recorders