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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Wave Stimulator Reflection

          While watching and experimenting with this wave stimulator, I noticed a couple different things. The higher the wave frequency, the lower the amplitude.  Even if you have the amplitude button as high as it will go, if you have a high frequency, the waves will not be very tall at all.  Instead, you will get a lot of waves, but with very low heights.  If you have a very, very low frequency level, but a super high amplitude, you will get one HUGE wave, and that's about it.  To get satisfactory large waves, you need to have a low frequency, though not necessarily a very low frequency level.  If you use two drops instead of one drop to create waves, they are, as can be expected, much larger, with higher amplitudes. 
When you add a barrier to the waves, they are divided into many smaller waves with less amplitude. 
          All in all, this website was very interesting, and I learned a lot about how waves work and how you can create higher amplitudes and wave frequencies by changing the sizes and speed of drops.  

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