Fourth year of secondary education
Undulatory phenomena
José Luis San Emeterio Peña
 Waves 
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Objectives in the study of undulatory motion
 
  • To identify a simple harmonic vibration.
  • To identify the different types of undulatory motion.
  • To understand and be able to relate the different magnitudes of undulatory motion with each other.
  • To understand and be able to explain qualitatively the characteristic phenomena of waves like interference, diffraction, reflection and refraction.
  • To understand the undulatory nature of light and sound.

 

 

What is a harmonic vibration?
Definition of H.V.
Important magnitudes
Conclusions
What is a wave?
Transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
The waves of the sea
Conclusions
The superposition of waves
The phenomenon of interference
Stationary waves
Conclusions
The phenomenon of diffraction
Wavefronts
Diffraction
Conclusions
Other properties of waves
Reflection
Refraction
Conclusions
Evaluation