Waves & Oscillations Demonstrations

• UC Berkeley Waves Demonstrations
• Oscillations
  • Pendula
    • Simple Pendulum (3a10.10)
    • 4:1 Pendulum (3a10.14)
    • Bowling Ball Pendulum (3a10.15)
    • Upside-Down Pendulum (3a10.20)
    • Torsion Pendulum (3a10.30)
    • Variable G Pendulum (3a10.40)
  • Physical Pendula
    • Physical Pendulum Set (3a15.10)
    • Oscillating Bar (3a15.20)
    • Oscillating Hoop (3a15.25)
    • Paddle Oscillator (3a15.30)
    • Truncated Ring (3a15.40)
    • Oscillating Lamina (3a15.45)
    • The Sweet Spot (3a15.50)
    • Sweet Spot Of A Meter Stick (3a15.57)
  • Springs And Oscillators
    • Mass On A Spring (3a20.10)
    • Springs In Series And Parallel (3a20.20)
    • Air Track Glider And Spring (3a20.30)
    • Air Track Glider Between Springs (3a20.35)
    • Roller Cart And Spring (3a20.40)
    • Oscillating Chain (3a20.50)
  • Simple Harmonic Motion
    • Circular Motion Vs. Mass On Spring (3a40.10)
    • Circular Motion Vs. Pendulum (3a40.20)
    • Ball On Track Vs. Pendulum (3a40.25)
    • Arrow On The Wheel (3a40.30)
    • SHM Slide (3a40.35)
    • Strain Gauge SHM (3a40.50)
  • Damped Oscillators
    • Dash Pot (3a50.10)
    • Damped SHM Tracer (3a50.20)
    • Oscillating Guillotine (3a50.45)
  • Driven Mechanical Resonance
    • Tacoma Narrows Film/Video (3a60.10)
    • Driven Glider On Air Track (3a60.20)
    • Barton's Pendula (3a60.30)
    • Drunken Sailor (3a60.44)
    • Resonance Reeds (3a60.50)
    • Upside-Down Pendulum (3a60.60)
  • Coupled Oscillations
    • Wilberforce Pendulum (3a70.10)
    • Swinging Mass On A Spring (3a70.15)
    • Coupled Pendula (3a70.20)
    • Spring Coupled Pendula (3a70.25)
    • String Coupled Pendula (3a70.30)
  • Normal Modes
    • Coupled Harmonic Oscillators (3a75.10)
  • Lissajous Figures
    • Lissajous Sand Pendulum (3a80.10)
    • Lissajous Figures - Scope (3a80.20)
  • Non-Linear Systems
    • Relaxation Oscillator (3a95.20)
    • Pump A Swing (3a95.70)
    • Parametric Instability (3a95.80)
• Wave Motion
  • Transverse Pulses And Waves
    • The Wave - Transverse (3b10.05)
    • Pulse On A Rope (3b10.10)
    • Speed Of A Slinky Pulse (3b10.17)
    • Speed Of A Pulses On Ropes (3b10.18)
    • Slinky On Table (3b10.20)
    • Standing Pulse (3b10.25)
    • Shive/Bell Labs Wave Model (3b10.30)
  • Longitudinal Pulses And Waves
    • The Wave - Longitudinal (3b20.05)
    • Hanging Slinky (3b20.10)
    • Springy Snow Fence (3b20.30)
    • Speed Of Particles Vs. Waves (3b20.60)
  • Standing Waves
    • Melde's (3b22.10)
    • Shive/Bell Labs Standing Waves (3b22.30)
    • Slinky Standing Waves (3b22.50)
    • Crank Slide (3b22.90)
  • Impedance And Dispersion
    • Impedance Matching - Shive Model (3b25.10)
    • Reflection - Shive Model (3b25.20)
    • Acoustic Coupling With Speaker (3b25.35)
  • Compound Waves
    • Slinky And Soda Cans (3b27.10)
    • Wave Superposition - Shive Model (3b27.15)
  • Wave Properties Of Sound
    • Speed Of Sound By Phase Difference (3b30.10)
    • Direct Speed Of Sound (3b30.20)
    • Bell In A Vacuum (3b30.30)
    • Speaker And Candle (3b30.40)
    • Bubbles & Bugle (3b30.45)
    • Helium Talk (3b30.50)
    • Sound Velocity At Different Temperatures (3b30.55)
    • Speed Of Sound In Rod And Air (3b30.60)
    • Music Box (3b30.65)
  • Phase And Group Velocity
    • Group Velocity On Scope (3b33.10)
  • Transfer Of Energy In Waves
    • Water Wave Model (3b39.10)
  • Doppler Effect
    • Doppler Buzzer (3b40.10)
    • Doppler Whistle (3b40.15)
    • Doppler Spear (3b40.20)
    • Doppler Reed (3b40.25)
  • Shock Waves
    • Film Loop / Video (3b45.10)
  • Interference And Diffraction
    • Ripple Tank - Single Slit (3b50.10)
    • Ripple Tank - Two Point (3b50.20)
    • Ripple Tank - Double Slit (3b50.25)
    • Ripple Tank Film Loops (3b50.30)
    • Moire Pattern Transparencies (3b50.40)
    • Double Slit Transparency (3b50.50)
  • Interference Of Sound
    • Speaker Bar (3b55.10)
    • Baffle And Speaker (3b55.30)
    • Trombone (3b55.40)
  • Beats
    • Beat Forks (3b60.10)
    • Beat Whistles (3b60.15)
    • Beats On Scope (3b60.20)
  • Coupled Resonators
    • Sympathetic Resonance (3b70.10)
• Acoustics
  • Pitch
    • Range Of Hearing (3c20.10)
    • Siren Disc (3c20.30)
    • Savart'S Wheels (3c20.40)
  • Intensity And Attenuation
    • Db Meters And Horn (3c30.20)
    • Db Meter And Horn (3c30.21)
    • Hearing -3db (3c30.35)
  • Wave Analysis And Synthesis
    • Pasco Fourier Synthesizer (3c50.10)
    • Mechanical Square Wave Generator (3c50.15)
    • Helmholtz Resonator Set With Microphone (3c50.30)
    • Resonance Tube Spectrum (3c50.35)
    • Distinguishing Harmonics With The Ear (3c50.55)
  • Music Perception And The Voice
    • Difference Tones (3c55.30)
    • Formats (3c55.80)
    • Filtered Music And Speech (3c55.85)
• Instruments
  • Resonance In Strings
    • Sonometer (3d20.10)
  • Stringed Instruments
    • Cigar Box Cello (3d22.20)
  • Resonance In Cavities
    • Vertical Resonance Tube (3d30.10)
    • Horizontal Resonance Tube (3d30.16)
    • 256/512 Resonance Tube (3d30.20)
    • Ruben's Tube (3d30.50)
    • Hoot Tubes (3d30.70)
    • Variable Hoot Tubes (3d30.74)
  • Air Column Instruments
    • Organ Pipes (3d32.10)
    • Slide Whistle (3d32.30)
  • Resonance In Plates, Bars, Solids
    • Xylophone (3d40.10)
    • Musical Sticks (3d40.15)
    • Singing Rod (3d40.20)
    • Chladni Plate (3d40.30)
    • Thick Chladni Plate (3d40.33)
    • Flaming Table (3d40.35)
    • Drumhead (3d40.40)
    • Bubble Membrane Modes (3d40.45)
    • Shattering Goblet (3d40.55)