WAVES & SOUND · LAB 11
Wave interference tank
Paint sources and barriers into a virtual ripple tank. Watch superposition create bright antinodes, quiet nodes, diffraction and refraction in real time.
SIMULATIONRUNNING
TIME0.00 s
FPS—
Click the tank to place a measurement probe
at measurement probe
at measurement probe
PROBE DISPLACEMENT0.000
WHAT TO NOTICE
Two waves can share the same space
The tank adds every arriving displacement. Crests meeting crests reinforce; crests meeting troughs cancel. Move the probe across the pattern and compare path difference with wavelength.
Δr = nλ constructive interference