Chapter 1. Oscillations (rich multimedia format)

Supporting pages

• Background to Oscillations includes
  • Physics of oscillations
  • Initial conditions for oscillators
  • Frequency of oscillation
  • Energy in oscillation
  • Analysis of pendulum
  • Nonlinear oscillation
  • Nonlinear harmonic motion
  • Damped oscillations
  • Forced oscillation and resonance
• Helmholtz Oscillator
• Inertia and the second law
• Kinematics of Simple Harmonic Motion
• Hooke's law and elasticity
• Revise calculus
• Solving Differential Equations
• Strings, standing waves and harmonics
• Chladni patterns
• Laboratory
• Downloads

Chapter 2. Travelling Waves I (rich multimedia format)

Supporting pages

• Travelling waves, superposition, reflection and transmission
• The travelling sine wave
• Moving frames of reference
• Oscillations
• Simple Harmonic Motion
• Laboratory
• Downloads

Chapter 3. Travelling Waves II (rich multimedia format)

Supporting pages

• The wave equation and wave speed
• Wave power, intensity and radiation
• Differential equations
• Calculus
• Laboratory
• Downloads

Chapter 4. Sound (rich multimedia format)

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• Pitch, loudness and timbre
• Transverse vs longitudinal waves
• Sound transmission
• Speed of sound
• Adiabatic expansion and compression
  
• Physics of the sound wave. Wave equation. Acoustic impedance
• Laboratory

Chapter 5. The Doppler Effect (rich multimedia format)

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• The Doppler Effect
• Electromagnetic Radiation and the Doppler Effect
• Shock Waves and the Doppler Effect
• Laboratory

Chapter 6. Quantifying Sound (rich multimedia format)

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• Frequency and Pitch
  
• Decibels
  
• Hearing Sensitivity
  
• Timbre - spectrum
  
• Timbre - envelope
• Acoustic compliance, inertance and impedance

Chapter 7. Interference and consonance (rich multimedia format)

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• Phasor addition
• Tartini tones, consonance and temperament.
• Interference beats and Tartini tones
• Linear and non-linear superposition
• Lissajous figures
• Chladni patterns

Chapter 8. Standing Waves (rich multimedia format)

Supporting pages

• Travelling waves, superposition, reflection and transmission
• The travelling sine wave
• Waves in strings, reflections, standing waves and harmonics
• Open vs closed pipes (Flutes vs clarinets)
• Bows and strings
• Music acoustics

Chapter 9. Human Sound (rich multimedia format)

Supporting pages

• What is a decibel
• Hearing Sensitivity
• Voice acoustics