Movies of wave motion

• Particle motions for waves on a string (400 KB)

• Standing waves on a string (1.5 MB)

• Initial-value problem for a string (864 KB)

• Forced vibrations of a string (2.2 MB)

Sound waves

• Sound waves generated by a moving piston (192 KB)

• Superposition of plane sound waves (1.8 MB)

• Scattering by an array (360 KB)

Waves in traffic

• The traffic-light problem (4.9 MB)

• Traffic stopping in front of a red light (5.8 MB)

• Dispersion of water waves (4.2 MB)

• The Cauchy-Poisson problem (5.4 MB)

• Particle paths in water waves (795 KB)

• Group velocity (6.2 MB)

• Isolated wave group (1.3 MB)

• The wavemaker problem (88 KB)

• Forced oscillations of a rectangular tank (1 MB)

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