SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES

16 MARCH 2008

HELLO! :D

I'm here to spread information about superposition of waves.

To put it simple, the princple of wave superposition is when two or more waves travel through the same medium simultaneously, the waves pass through each other without being disturbed.

Definition of principle of superposition and detailed explanation can be found here:
http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/superposition/superposition.html

Two sites that have Java applets to show superposition of waves: (Please check them out!)
http://courses.ncssm.edu/physics/physlets/WAVES/wavesintro.htm
http://www.matter.org.uk/diffraction/geometry/superposition_of_waves_exercises.htm

A video on water interacting with floating boom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyhNj88edg

And one interesting fact which I found!
Overlapping ripples are a form of superposition!
Found here: http://www.iop.org/activity/education/Teaching_Resources/Teaching%20Advanced%20Physics/Vibrations%20and%20Waves/Superposition/page_4505.html

IM TRYING TO GET NOTES FROM MY COUSIN.
HOPE I CAN GET.

That's all. Byeeeeeeeee!

By Jinny