written by Spencer Wheaton

The Vibrations and Wave Tutorial Models demonstrate how the superposition principle gives rise to wave phenomena, such as standing waves and beats.  The five models cataloged in this item demonstrate:

• simple harmonic motion,
• history graphs,
• standing waves,
• standing waves on an infinite string, and
• beats.

You can modify these simulations if you have Ejs installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.

• Download ejs_No5_Beats.jar - 1214kb Java Archive File

Published August 10, 2014
Last Modified August 16, 2014

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A demonstration of simple harmonic motion.

• Download ejs_No1_SHM.jar - 1771kb Java Archive File

Last Modified August 16, 2014

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A demonstration of wave history graphs.

• Download ejs_No2_HistoryGraphs.jar - 1806kb Java Archive File

Last Modified August 16, 2014

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A demonstration of reflection and standing waves.

• Download ejs_No4_StandingWavesInfiniteFixedString.jar - 1307kb Java Archive File

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A demonstration of beats.

• Download ejs_No5_Beats.jar - 1214kb Java Archive File

Last Modified August 16, 2014

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