PIRA DCS: Waves and Oscillations

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3A-Oscillations
10. Pendula
15. Physical Pendula
20. Springs and Oscillators
40. Simple Harmonic Motion
50. Damped Oscillators
60. Driven Mechanical Resonance
70. Coupled Oscillators
75. Normal Modes
80. Lissajous Figures
95. Non-Linear Systems
3B-Wave Motion
10. Transverse Pulses and Waves
20. Longitudinal Pulses and Waves
22. Standing Waves
25. Impedance and Dispersion
27. Compound Waves
30. Wave Properties of Sound
33. Phase and Group Velocity
35. Reflection and Refraction (sound)
39. Transfer of Energy in Waves
40. Doppler Effect
45. Shock Waves
50. Interference and Diffraction
60. Beats
70. Coupled Resonators
3C-Acoustics
10. The Ear
20. Pitch
30. Intensity and Attenuation
40. Architectural Acoustics
50. Wave Analysis and Synthesis
55. Music Perception and the Voice
3D-Instruments
20. Resonance in Strings
22. Stringed Instruments
30. Resonance Cavities
32. Air Column Instruments
40. Resonance in Plates, Bars, Solids
42. Percussion Instruments
46. Tuning Forks
50. Electronic Instruments
3E-Sound Reproduction
20. Loudspeakers
30. Microphones
40. Amplifiers
60. Recorders
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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007

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