Standard syllabus
Waves & vibrations · Undergraduate · Physics
Learning objectives from the Waves & vibrations syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Oscillations
- Damped and driven harmonic oscillators — Damped and driven harmonic oscillators
- Resonance, quality factor, and bandwidth — Resonance, quality factor, and bandwidth
- Coupled oscillators and beating — Coupled oscillators and beating
- Fourier series for periodic forcing — Fourier series for periodic forcing
- Physical pendulums and torsional systems — Physical pendulums and torsional systems
Continuous waves
- Wave equation on strings and membranes — Wave equation on strings and membranes
- Boundary conditions and standing waves — Boundary conditions and standing waves
- Dispersion relations and group velocity — Dispersion relations and group velocity
- Sound waves in fluids and solids — Sound waves in fluids and solids
- Doppler effect and shock waves (intro) — Doppler effect and shock waves (intro)
Advanced wave phenomena
- Impedance and reflection at interfaces — Impedance and reflection at interfaces
- Wave packets and uncertainty relations — Wave packets and uncertainty relations
- Nonlinear waves and solitons (overview) — Nonlinear waves and solitons (overview)
- Seismic waves and Earth structure — Seismic waves and Earth structure
- Vibrations of bars and plates — Vibrations of bars and plates
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- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
Study units
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- Oscillations
Damped and driven harmonic oscillators
Coming soon - Continuous waves
Wave equation on strings and membranes
Coming soon - Advanced wave phenomena
Impedance and reflection at interfaces
Coming soon
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