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 four wavelengths.

It can be seen that, for sources of the same frequency, increasing the source separation increases the spatial frequency of the beams of constructive interference.

 

WAVE INTERACTION

 
 

 

Two wavelengths apart different frequencies

      

Interference: applications