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Waves: An Interactive Tutorial

This is a set of interactive tutorials designed to teach the fundamentals of wave dynamics. It starts with very simple wave properties and ends with an examination of nonlinear wave behavior. The emphasis here is on the properties of waves which are difficult to illustrate in a static textbook figure. The tutorial may be used in conjunction with a text or as a stand alone introduction to waves. Exposure to calculus and basic physics is assumed in the latter sections.

Waves and Acoustics Physics

Author: Kyle Forinash and Wolfgang Christian
Publisher: LibreTexts
Source: LibreTexts
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Language: EN
Category: Basic Sciences

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Contents· 36 sections

1: Basic Properties
1.1: Sine Wave
1.2: Speed of a Wave
1.3: Transverse Waves
1.4: Simple Harmonic Motion
1.5: Simple Harmonic Motion and Resonance
1.6: Longitudinal Waves
1.7: Water Waves
1.8: Two-Dimensional Waves
2: Combining Waves
2.1: Adding Two Linear Waves (Superposition)
2.2: Interference
2.3: Group Velocity
2.4: Other Wave Functions
2.5: Fourier Analysis and Synthesis
3: External Interactions
3.1: Mirrors
3.2: Collisions with Boundaries
3.3: Standing Waves on a String and in a Tube
3.4: Refraction
3.5: Lenses
3.6: Path Difference and Interference
3.7: Impedance
3.8: Dispersion of Light
3.9: Dispersion of Fourier Components
3.10: Diffraction
4: Applications
4.1: Doppler Effect
4.2: EM Waves from an Accelerating Charge
4.3: Antenna
4.4: Electromagnetic Plane Waves
4.5: Polarization
4.6: Wave Equation
4.7: Oscillator Chain
4.8: Non-Linear Waves
4.9: Solitons