Animations of Acoustic Waves

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WAVE BASICS

 

 

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WAVE INTERACTION

 

 

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 STANDING WAVES

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HEARING SOUNDS

 

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FURTHER CONCEPTS

 

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WAVE INTERACTION
   
Interference
 

 

The following animation shows the patterns of constructive and destructive interference that are produced by two point sources of equal power, rhythmically expanding and contracting in phase and with the same frequency. The two point sources are separated by two wavelengths.

 

 

WAVE INTERACTION

  
 

 

Interference

      

Two wavelengths apart different frequencies