Links To Sites On

String & Sound Waves

And Related Phenomena

 

STRING WAVES
 Animations These are from a course at the University of Saskatchewan similar to ours. In fact, this class offers a complete set of course notes and tutorials. (My thanks to Prof. Hirose.)
Another Animation Wave propagation on a string composed of two different segments. (From Prof. Stein, a geologist at Northwestern University.)
Stings Waves and Music A good discussion that covers a variety of situations important for making music.

 

SOUND WAVES
Breaking The Sound Barrier Part of NOVA's web site for science education.
A photo of a jet breaking the sound barrier. You can hear a sonic boom, but is there anything to see?
Ultrasound Medical Diagnostic From How Stuff Works.
Sonar in Dolphins The ocean is too murky to see far, so try something else...
Dolphin and Whale Sounds They cut their own CD?

 

RELATED PHENOMENA
Earthquakes and Seismic Waves From the Nevada Seismo Lab.
The Big One Be glad you live in Columbus.
Earthquakes  From The Learning Channel. Includes the MakeAQuake simulator and good animations.
Some of the gallery pictures are painful, as you might expect.
Solar Quakes Making waves on the sun.
Water Waves  Among the most complicated waves you'll experience. This page is very much worth reading if you enjoy understanding why the things around you are the way they are.
Ocean Waves Discusses their cause, why they line up with the beach...
Waves at the Beach Lecture notes on the subject. They're pretty interesting. There's a lot going on at the beach.
Waves and Tsunamis Interesting pictures (with minimal text unfortunately) from a class's lecture notes.