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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

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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

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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) Supporting pages 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) Supporting pages The Doppler Effect Electromagnetic Radiation and the Doppler Effect Shock Waves and the Doppler Effect Laboratory
Chapter 6. Quantifying Sound (rich multimedia format) Supporting pages Frequency and Pitch What is a decibel? Hearing Sensitivity Timbre - spectrum Timbre - envelope Acoustic compliance, inertance and impedance
Chapter 7. Interference and consonance (rich multimedia format) Supporting pages Phasor addition Tartini tones, consonance, temperament, harmony and scales. 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 What is a formant

Introduction:-

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