SPH 3U: Unit 4
- Waves & Sound -

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Vibrations & Waves

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wave_ch__speed.pdf
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properties_of_sound.pdf
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Wave Interactions

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sound_as_a_wave.rtf
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standing_waves.pdf
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beats.pdf
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Applications of Waves

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Simulations

phet wave similator -- click on this link to 'play' with waves.  It is similar to the wave machine we have in class.
phet sound similator   -- click on this link to 'play' with sound.
see particles in sound wave -- click here to 'see' the air particles compress and move apart.  ** Hint:  Choose the 'sound' tab and choose 'particles' not 'grayscale'. ** Choose 2 speakers to see wave  interference.
guitar string  -- click here to 'play' with sound on a guitar string    
Tacoma Bridge collapse video -- a disaster based on resonance & natural frequency

Breaking of glass with voice

Here is a 2007 Scientific American article explaining the phenomenon.  Fairly easy & interesting reading.

Click here for a brief and clever commerical using the phenomenon. 

STANDING WAVE -string -  youtube video - click here.
STANDING WAVE - water - youtube video - click here

Unit Review

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