Waves and Oscillations Index


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Demonstrations are listed under the major divisions in the PIRA DCS. See here for subheadings in the DCS.

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

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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007


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