Week 9: Waves

• Properties of Waves/Types of Waves (scroll down if you don't see anything in the body of the page)
• Universal Wave Equation (again...scroll if necessary)
• Resonance in an Air Column

Waves summary - what should we know right now:

Wave characteristics:

amplitude
frequency
velocity
wavelength
universal wave equation
speed of sound ( v = 332 + 0.6T )
speed of light (v = 3 x 10⁸ m/s)

Sound Resonance in a closed column:

simple demo to show use of universal wave equationl.
Assignment:
Wave Characteristics WS
Wave Equation Problems

• Reflection: Waves on a Spring/Interference, Interference, Diffraction, Double Slit Diffraction
• Refraction: Snell’s Law, Critical Angle/Total Internal Reflection

Assignment: Diffraction WS (key)