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Fouriersynthesisnotes
veryniceFourierapplet
DetailsoftheFourierseriesforthetrianglefunction

Phasoradditionprogram
ProgramwrittenbyGregShikhman.

ExcellentWaveDemosbyDanRussell
DanRussell'sDemos(http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html<====collectionofallofhisdemos)
Someofthedemosrelevanttoourearliestcoverageofwaves
Oscinspaceandtime
LongitudinalandTransverseWaves
Reflection
Superposition
Standingwaves/Impedancediscontinuity
StandingWaves

Derivationofthe1Dwaveequationforalongitudinalsoundwaveinagas.

Wavegenerationwithaseriesofcarefullytimedpulses
Videoshowingstanding'wave'generation(withseparatepulses,notacontinuouswave
train).
Firstsegment(35sec)showsroundtriptraveltime=timebetweennew(driving)pulses.Heading
towardsresonance/standingwave.
Secondsegment(35sec)showsroundtriptraveltime=2*timebetweennewpulses.Also

graduallyheadingtowardsresonance.
Lastsegmentshowsroundtriptraveltime="randomfraction"oftimebetweennewpulses.
NOTresonance,butgradualtendencytowardscancellation.
Thiscorrespondstopage30inthenotes.

SuperpositionofPulses
RunthisinChrome,anddragtheslidebar.
IfyourunitinFirefox,youhavetotypeintimes(whichisnofun).
(writtenbyJordanPerrSauer)
3videosfromBobbyYankou's"WaveMachine"Program:
Positivepulsemeetspositivepulse.
Positivepulsemeetsnegativepulse.
Standingwave.

videoof"In/OutBeach"boundaryconditions,superposition.

Impedancematching
Readthedescriptionunderneaththisvideotounderstandwhatisbeingdemonstrated...

videoofTacomaNarrowsBridgecollapsefamousexampleofresonance.Butitisn't!Itisa
phenomenonknownas'aeroelasticflutter.'

Arippletankvideo.
RippleTankapplet.

Derivingtheamplitudeofaresonantsolutionwithcomplexexponentialshere.

The"WhisperingWall"GrandCentralTerminal,NewYork

AnareaoutsidetheOysterBarrestaurantinGrandCentralTerminal,wherethearcheddesignof
thewallsofacorridorenablestwopeople,standingatoppositecornersandfacingthewall(like
you'rebeingpunished!),totalktoeachotherandbeheard!
It'sallaboutphasors,lotsofthem,comingtogetherinphase.Sameasthecircularelevatorinthe
FoundationBuilding,ifyoustandinthecenter.

Transverseandlongitudinalwavemotion
Veryniceapp.Inthetopanimationitappearsthathalftheparticlesaretravelingconsistentlyto
theright,andtheotherhalftotheleft.
ButlookclosertrackoneparticleyouwillseeitdoingSHMaroundanequilibriumposition.
The3rdand4thanimationsshowtherealityofwaterwavesacombooftransverseand
longitudinalmotion.

Thinfilminterference
Thinfilminterferencevideoinasoapfilm.
Wherethefilmis'black'thefilmissothinthatthereisdestructiveinterferencebetweenlight
bouncingoffthefrontofthefilm(piphaseshift)andthebackofthefilm(nophaseshift)
regardlessofthecolorofthelight.
Elsewhereyouwillseecolorbandsbecausethefilmisthickenoughtododestructive
interferenceforsomecolors,butnotothers.

Doppler

AnicedopplerprogrambyGregShikhman.(WorksbestinChrome.)
AnotherDopplerProgramrequiresaversionofWindowsthatwillrunaDOSapp,orDOSBOX.
Weirdprogram,butgraphicsdothejob.Noinstructionsareavailablewithintheprogram.
Toseethesourcemoveforward:pressthe's'key,thenthe'f'key
Toseethesourcemovebackward:pressthe's'key,thenthe'b'key
Toseethereceivermoveforward:pressthe'dkey,thenthe'f'key
Toseethereceivermovebackward:pressthe'd'key,thenthe'b'key
Noticethatthefirsttwosituationsalterlambda,thelasttwodon't
'q'toquit.
Whenyoupressthefirstof2keysnecessarytosetupasituation,thegraphicsdisappear?!?
YetanotherDopplerapplet.
DopplerGoodvideoclipofafireenginegoingpastthelistener.Largedropinfrequency.
Theclassic"ILoveLucy"videoclipw/chocolatesonaconveyerbelt.Inspiringmyapproachto
Dopplercalculations.

ExamplesofAudioBeats

SoundClip1
SoundClip2

AddingTwoWaves
Programforaddingtwo1Dsinusoidalwavestogether.Sorry,PCversiononly.
Showsbeats,standingwaves,phasevs.groupvelocity,etc.
Instructions:
1.Startprogram.
2.Typein...3<CR>toselect"Entervaluesbyhand".
3.Typeinvaluesforamp,wavelength,freq(suchassuggestedvalues)
forwave1,suchas...1,100,10<CR>
4.Dothesameforwave2,suchas...1,100,10<CR>
5.Typein...4<CR>toselect"Graph".
6.Watchtheprettypictures.Followdirectionsattopofscreen
tospeedup,slowdown,etc.
Notethatanegativefrequencygivesawaveheadingtotheleft.
Notethatifyoucreatetwowaveswithdifferentv(differentw/k),
thosecouldn'tbetwowavesonthesamestring...

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