Background Information
Sim name: Wave on a String
Link: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/wave-on-a-string
Goal: Analyze the sim and brainstorm design issues and possible solutions. This sim is not currently a sim being worked on as part of any grants - it's purely chosen as an example for a design exercise.
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- Dana Ayotte
- Simon Bates
- Julia Foster
- Jesse Greenburg
- Alan Harnum
- Jonathan Hung
- Justin Obara
- Tim Park
- Sepideh Shahi
- Taliesin Smith
- Godfrey Wong
This document is a compilation of notes resulting from a meeting that occurred on July 21., 2016
Description of Sim:
Link to the sim: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/wave-on-a-string
On first load, the screen shows a string of beads attached to a wrench on the left side and attached / anchored to a clamp on the right side.
The wrench can be moved up and down with the mouse which causes a wave to travel across the string to the opposite end. The wave will rebound back.
Other controls on the sim modify the behaviour of the wave - “damping” and “tension”.
You can change the right anchoring to be “fixed”, “loose” and “no end”
You can also change the wrench control scheme from “manual”, oscillate, and pulse.
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