What are waves and what happens to them when they pass through a gap? Do different sorts of waves behave in the same way? Dr Andrew Norton of The Open University uses a ripple tank to demonstrate some of the key features of wave motion, and show how waves spread out when they pass through an apertur…
The Open University
Transcript -- A brief introduction to this album.
Andrew Norton uses a ripple tank to demonstrate some basic features of waves.
Transcript -- Andrew Norton uses a ripple tank to demonstrate some basic features of waves.
Andrew Norton demonstrates the effects of changing the driving frequency of the oscillator that's creating the wave.
Transcript -- Andrew Norton demonstrates the effects of changing the driving frequency of the oscillator that's creating the wave.
Andrew Norton shows what happens when waves pass through apertures of different sizes.
Transcript -- Andrew Norton shows what happens when waves pass through apertures of different sizes.
Andrew Norton uses lasers to show what happens when light passes through a small aperture.
Transcript -- Andrew Norton uses lasers to show what happens when light passes through a small aperture.
Andrew Norton shows how diffraction gratings produce characteristic sets of light spots.
Transcript -- Andrew Norton shows how diffraction gratings produce characteristic sets of light spots.
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