Making waves: a classroom torsional wave machine

Authors :: Skeldon, Kenneth D.
Milne, Janet E.
Grant, Alastair I.
Palmer, David A.
Source :: The Physics Teacher. Oct, 1998, Vol. 36 Issue 7, p392, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: A design for a torsional wave machine of any scale has been developed. A large-scale version of this machine, over 4 m. long, is an effective teaching aid for varied classrooms. Later articles will show how to use the machine to demonstrate basic physics principles or to test theories produced concurrently with the machine.