A Study Guide for Waves


    The following links provide Java Applets that you should use to study waves and what makes them tick. Work through the questions and then check your answers. The process will do you less good if you go straight to the answers and then work out the problems. Remember, my goal is to get you to think about this subject so that you can make some of this knowledge your own.

  1. A strip Chart for a Simple Harmonic Oscillator.


  2. Animations showing waves moving to the right.


  3. Animations showing waves moving to the left.


  4. Pulses showing constructive interference.


  5. Pulses showing destructive interference.


  6. Standing waves on a fixed string.


  7. Interference of waves with different frequencies.


  8. Doppler shift for a moving source.


  9. Watch for more movies on this page. I will be posting sound applets and Doppler shift applets.