PHY138: Physics for the Life Sciences

Department of Physics, University of Toronto

Jason Harlow
Monday, November 22, 2004

Waves Section, Lecture 5: The Effects of Superposition

Chapter 14: Superposition and Standing Waves.

·       Section 14.3: Standing Waves

·       Section 14.4: Standing Waves in Strings

·       Section 14.5: Standing Waves in Air Columns

·       Section 14.6: Beats: Interference in Time

 

Central Screen tablet notes

Web Format

Journal Format (.jnt)

PDF Format

 

Side-screen Slides

Web Format

Powerpoint Format (.ppt)

PDF Format

 

In-class quiz, with answer

 

Sinusoidal Wave Addition Applet

 

Beats Flash Animation courtesy of Prof. Harrison, not shown in class, but still cool.

 

Standing Wave Animation Shown at the beginning of class: