Use physlets to create and characterize waves

• Is it a travelling wave?
  • Run the Pulse physlet
    Thanks to Vern Lindberg and Wolfgang Christian . You may use Vern's copy too.
• Determine the wave parameters
  • http://www.rit.edu/~vwlsps/312_s03/Physlets/Wave1A.html
• Wave pulse vs. sinusoidal wave
  • http://www.rit.edu/~vwlsps/312_s03/Physlets/pulse.html
• Two pulses travelling in opposite directions
  • http://www.rit.edu/~vwlsps/312_s03/Physlets/pulseSuperposn.html
• Interference of two waves moving the same direction
  • http://www.rit.edu/~vwlsps/312_s03/Physlets/SinSuperposn.html

Copyright © Michael Richmond. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.