Introductory Concepts for Wave Dynamics

• Wave motion is everywhere

  • Water waves

    • Ocean rollers and breakers

    • Droplets in a still pond

    • Waves from boat wake

  • Flag waving in the wind

  • Sound waves, musical instruments

  • Snake swimming in a lake

  • Antennas, radio, TV, cell phones

• Wave properties (parameters and emergent effects)

  • Amplitude

  • Wavelength

  • Friction or Damping

  • Resonance

  • Periodicity (repetition of patterns)

  • Wave speed

• Why do I care about computer simulations?

• Introduction Part 2

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