Tag Archives: Waves

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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Amazing Resonance Experiment

Posted on June 11, 2014 by VCE Physics
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PhET – Sound

Posted on August 4, 2012 by VCE Physics

Click to Run This simulation lets you see sound waves. Adjust the frequency or volume and you can see and hear how the wave changes. Move the listener around and hear what she hears. http://phet.colorado.edu/

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Diffraction of light by a single slit simulation

Posted on August 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt (http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph6en/index.html)

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Interference of light at a double slit simulation

Posted on August 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt (http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph6en/index.html)

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PhET – Fourier: making waves

Posted on July 27, 2012 by VCE Physics

Click to Run Learn how to make waves of all different shapes by adding up sines or cosines. Make waves in space and time and measure their wavelengths and periods. See how changing the amplitudes of different harmonics changes the … Continue reading →

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Interference of two circular or spherical waves simulation

Posted on July 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt (http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html).

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Standing longitudinal waves simulation

Posted on July 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt: (http://www.walter-fendt.de/html5/phen/index.html)

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Standing wave simulation

Posted on July 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt (http://www.walter-fendt.de/html5/phen/index.html)

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