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Acoustics and Vibration Animations
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Visit this site for interesting animations of wave and phenomena, with an emphasis on sound and acoustics. You'll also see the equations that describe basic wave behavior. You'll…
https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
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At this site you learn mechanics through many simulations on the topic of force and motion. You can see, for instance, how velocity and acceleration change as a car moves along a…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia
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Wave Interference
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This applet illustrates the principles of constructive and destructive interference in transverse waves moving in opposite directions. Users can begin by shaping the two wave pulses…
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http://pascalsphysics.com/wave_interference.html
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Harmonics
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This simulation illustrates the behavior of standing waves in situation where one end fixed, both ends are fixed, and both ends are free. The simulation allows the user to examine…
http://pascalsphysics.com/harmonics.html
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NTNU Java: Superposition Principle of Wave
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Try this Java applet to find out about superposition--what happens when waves overlap. You control the frequency, velocity, amplitude, and phase of the waves. The frequencies of the…
https://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=19.0
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Scientific American: What happens when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier?
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This site provides a description of breaking the sound barrier in terms of the propagation of sound waves. The site includes a striking image of the cloud generated around a…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-an-airc/
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Faster than Sound
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NOVA's Faster than Sound is a short history of how Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. It includes interviews of the key people involved, including audio recording…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/
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Ocean Waves
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This webpage, from Hyperphysics, provides a detailed explanation of how waves form in the ocean. A series of diagrams show how the water moves as a wave passes by. The site shows how…
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Waves/watwav2.html
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The Real Sea Monsters: On the Hunt for Rogue Waves
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This Scientific American article discusses how rogue waves were measured in 1955, which encouraged scientists to try to find the causes behind them. Several methods that attempt to…
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Water on the Move: Wind and Waves
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This webpage from the Science Learning Network provides directions for a simple activity that shows how the water moves as a wave passes by. Only everyday materials are needed. A…
http://web.archive.org/web/20190115040355/http://legacy.mos.org/oceans/m...
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