Dec. 6 – Standing Waves

Today we discussed standing waves and I showed you how to set up transverse and longitudinal standing waves on springs.  We also discussed standing waves in pipes.

Here are the notes:

It's not possible to see standing waves in pipes, but there are clever ways to visualize it using what's called a Ruben's tube:

Here's one playing some music that you might know:

Here's what two dimensional standing waves look like:

... and a two dimensional Ruben's tube!