Phys2022
Course material
Syllabus
(pdf)
Course outline (pdf)
Tentative schedule of tests and quizzes
Video of a Tacoma Narrows bridge resonance
Fresnel lens: A Wiki article with pictures of lenses used in lighthouses
Simulation of the 2004 tsunami propagation. Note diffraction and interference!
Solar boom meets halo during a rocket launch
Interactive simulations
Really cool simulations - check them out!
Fourier - Making waves and seeing spectra
Interference and diffraction of sound, light, and water waves
Wave on a string
Masses and springs with damping
Datasets for Fourier analyses
Monthly measurements of the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere.
CO2series.txt
Example of Fourier analysis in Excel: The 11-year sunspot cycle.
sunspots.xls (Excel file)
Example of Fourier analysis in Excel: The CO2 in the atmosphere, seasonal cycle.
CO2series.xls (Excel file)
Matlab routines
Superposition of two oscillations (Matlab .m file)
Superposistion of two sine waves. Beats. Lissajous figures.
Transient oscillations (Matlab .m file)
Decay of damped oscillations. Steady state in a driven oscillator. Transient solutions.
A chain of coupled oscillators (Matlab .m file)
Normal modes in discrete systems. Superposition of normal modes.
Fourier components and oscillations of a rectangular shape (Matlab .m file)
Fourier coefficients and components. Oscillation as a superposition of normal modes.
Matlab script for the Fourier analysis of the Lake Superior air temperature data (Matlab .m file)
Tsup.mat (Matlab data file with the Lake Superior data)
Download the files. Open the .mat file in Matlab. Open the .m file. Run the individual cells in the .m file.
Dispersion of a wave packet (Matlab .m file)
Dispersion. Phase and group velocities.