OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES

Acoustics and Vibration Animations
Contains animations which visualize concepts concerning acoustics and vibration, including simple and damped harmonic oscillation, damped systems, and radiation.
www.kettering.edu/~drussell/demos.html

Zona Land Physics Department: Waves
Esamines wave propogation, reflection, interference, and other concepts.
www.id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/waves.html

Exploratorium Snack: Resonator
Project that uses balls attached to dowels to demonstrate the concepts of natural frequency and resonance.
www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/resonator.html

Vibrations and Waves
Online textbook featuring downloadable chapters in PDF format. Covers vibrations, resonance, and free and bounded waves.
www.lightandmatter.com/area1book3.html

Universal Planar Manipulator (UPM)
Performing research in the field of distributed manipulation to develop a single horizontally-vibrating plate to move objects.
www.cs.berkeley.edu/~dreznik/UPM2000

Input Shaping
Dedicated to the exchange of information on input shaping.
www.me.gatech.edu/inputshaping

Active Classroom: Waves and Vibrations
Lessons, labs, worksheets, and more.
www.online.cctt.org/curriculumguide/units/waves.asp