Diffraction of water waves (corner)

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written by Chiu-king Ng

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This simulation allows the user to investigate the diffraction pattern around the corner of an obstacle in a ripple tank. The user can change the wavelength of the waves.

This is a part of the "Learn Physics using Java" library of simulations.

Please note that this resource requires Java Applet Plug-in.

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Oscillations & Waves - Wave Motion = Interference and Diffraction	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2002 Chiu-king Ng
Keywords:: corner, diffraction, obstacle, ripple tank, wavelength
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 24, 2010 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated:: July 8, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 9, 2007

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