Title

Wave demonstration device

Authors

Glen T. Clayton, Stephen F Austin State University
Harry D. Downing, Stephen F Austin State University
Thomas O. Callaway, Stephen F Austin State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1981

Abstract

Students often have difficulty gaining an understanding of wave motion without effective demonstrations being performed in the lecture. Many excellent approaches utilizing ripple tanks, waves on a spring, chain, rope, etc., are customarily employed. Perhaps the most well-known device for demonstrating many of the effects of wave motion is the shive or bell wave motion machine.¹ The purpose of the present note is to describe a simple, inexpensive device which can be easily constructed by a teacher or student and can be used to demonstrate many of the properties of wave motion.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12703

Comments

This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in

Clayton, G. T., Downing, H. D., & Callaway, T. O. (1981). Wave demonstration device. American Journal of Physics, 49(4), 375–375. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12703

and may be found at https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1119/1.12703

Repository Citation

Clayton, Glen T.; Downing, Harry D.; and Callaway, Thomas O., "Wave demonstration device" (1981). Faculty Publications. 12.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/physicsandastronomy_facultypubs/12