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Elastic Wave on a String JS Model Documents

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Main Document

Elastic Wave on a String JS Model 

written by Kostas Papamichalis

The Elastic Wave on a String JS Model shows the motion of a mechanical system consisted of an oscillator attached at the edge of a semi-infinite elastic string. The oscillator creates a disturbance on the string that moves along the string as an elastic wave. Energy is transferred from the oscillator to the string resulting in a dissipation effect on the motion of the oscillator; the motion of the oscillator is a damped oscillation.  

A supplemental document presents the model's theory using a Lagrange function to model a chain of coupled oscillators and the principle of least action.

Last Modified November 3, 2020

Supplemental Documents

Elastic Wave on a String Theory 

Theoretical  description of a mechanical system consisted of
an oscillator attached at the edge of a semi-infinite elastic string.

Last Modified November 3, 2020

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Source Code Documents

Wave on String Source Code 

EJS source code for Wave on String JS model.

Last Modified November 3, 2020

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