The Doppler Effect

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written by Michael Fowler and Heather Welch

This Flash animation provides a simulation of the Doppler effect. The user can change the speed of the wave source and can move a microphone to detect the wave frequency at different points relative to the moving source. The resulting wave pattern can be both observed and heard. Instructional notes outlining the details of the Doppler effect are provided.

This material is part of a web site for a second semester physics course for majors covering gravity, fluids, waves, and thermodynamics.

Please note that this resource requires Flash.

http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlet...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Oscillations & Waves - Wave Motion = Doppler Effect = Shock Waves	- Lower Undergraduate - Middle School - High School	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2003 Michael Fowler
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created July 30, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated:: February 20, 2013 by Bruce Mason
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 9, 2007
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=7753">Fowler, Michael, and Heather Welch. The Doppler Effect. July 9, 2007.</a>

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M. Fowler and H. Welch, (2003), WWW Document, (http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/doppler.htm).

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M. Fowler and H. Welch, The Doppler Effect (2003), <http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/doppler.htm>.

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Fowler, M., & Welch, H. (2007, July 9). The Doppler Effect. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/doppler.htm

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Fowler, Michael, and Heather Welch. The Doppler Effect. July 9, 2007. http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/doppler.htm (accessed 1 May 2025).

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