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Adding waves

 

Animation 1: Superposition of two +y pulses traveling in opposite directions.

Animation 2: Superposition of one positive and one negative pulse traveling in opposite directions.

Animation 3: Superposition of two transverse waves traveling in the same direction with no phase difference.

Animation 4: Superposition of two transverse waves traveling in the same direction with a 180° phase difference.


You can experiment by entering your own functions below.

y1(x,t)=

y2(x,t)=

 

 

 

 

are scriptable Java Applets written by Wolfgang Christian of Davison College.


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