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PhET Simulation: Fourier: Making Waves
published by the PhET
Available Languages: English, Spanish, Greek, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese
This PhET simulation allows you to study Fourier series expansions of waves--one example is the overtone series in a musical instrument. You can select amplitudes of up to 11 harmonics and see what the resulting waveform will be. In addition to constructing your own waves, you can play a wave game and try to match a given pattern with a sum of harmonics that you create.
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Mathematical Tools
- Series and Functions
Other Sciences
- Mathematics
Quantum Physics
- Approximation Techniques
- Probability, Waves, and Interference
Waves and Pendula
- Acoustics
= Wave Analysis and Synthesis
- Instruments
- Wave Motion
= Wave Properties of Sound
- Upper Undergraduate
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
= Tutorial
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- application/java
- text/html
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Mirror: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/fourier/fourie…
Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2007 University of Colorado, Physics Education Technology
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Keywords: Fourier, superposition, wave packet, wavelength
Record Cloner: Metadata instance created October 2, 2006 by Gifford Weber
Record Updated: Aug 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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, Version 3.01 (PhET, Boulder, 2007), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier).
AJP/PRST-PER
PhET Simulation: Fourier: Making Waves, Version 3.01 (PhET, Boulder, 2007), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier>.
APA Format
PhET Simulation: Fourier: Making Waves. (2007). Retrieved December 13, 2024, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier
Chicago Format
PhET. PhET Simulation: Fourier: Making Waves. Boulder: PhET, 2007. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier (accessed 13 December 2024).
MLA Format
PhET Simulation: Fourier: Making Waves. Vers. 3.01. Boulder: PhET, 2007. 13 Dec. 2024 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier>.
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@misc{ Title = {PhET Simulation: Fourier: Making Waves}, Publisher = {PhET}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {13 December 2024}, Year = {2007} }
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