Doppler Effect Model

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The Doppler Effect model demonstrates the shift in frequency of a wave that is produced by the motion of either the wave source or the observer of the wave (or both). In this simulation, you can explore the change in the wave that is produced by source and/or observer motion, and you can even view what the situation looks like from the perspective of the medium (the standard reference frame), the source, or the observer.

The Doppler Effect model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_bu_Doppler.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).

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Last Modified: June 3, 2014
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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Oscillations & Waves - Wave Motion = Doppler Effect	- Lower Undergraduate - Middle School - High School - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation

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Mirror:: https://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/Ejs…
Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license.
Rights Holder:: Andrew Duffy, Boston University
Merlot:: pending
Keyword:: doppler shift
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 21, 2010 by Anne Cox
Record Updated:: February 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: April 21, 2010
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