Tag Archives: Waves

Professor Dave Explains – The Double-Slit Experiment

Posted on August 27, 2020 by justin
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Interference Demo: Speakers

Posted on August 11, 2020 by VCE Physics

This is a demonstration of the interference pattern created by two speakers playing the same 2000 Hz tone. It is carried out by moving a microphone through the sound field and noting that the sound is louder in some spots … Continue reading →

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Pipe resonance

Posted on August 11, 2020 by VCE Physics

A column of water and a tuning fork are used to illustrate the raised amplitude that results from pipe resonance

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Professor Dave: Wave Mechanics

Posted on August 11, 2020 by VCE Physics
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Professor Dave explains: What is Light?

Posted on August 10, 2020 by VCE Physics
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Professor Dave explains: Standing Waves and Harmonics

Posted on August 10, 2020 by VCE Physics
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Professor Dave: Interference, Reflection, and Diffraction

Posted on August 9, 2020 by VCE Physics
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Strobe Lights and String – Standing Waves

Posted on August 6, 2020 by VCE Physics
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PhET – Wave Interference

Posted on July 27, 2019 by VCE Physics

Make waves with a dripping faucet, audio speaker, or laser! Add a second source to create an interference pattern. Put up a barrier to explore single-slit diffraction and double-slit interference.

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Making music podcast

Posted on August 31, 2016 by VCE Physics

Standing waves in strings, Speed of waves in strings, Standing waves in strings – other harmonics, Beats, Open ended pipes, Open ended pipe harmonics, Closed pipes, Closed pipes harmonics, Harmonics & timbre, Spectral analysis Download the notes. Download the video.

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