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Which Way Did That Thing Go? 5.1.5 Doppler Effect and Sonic Boom
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Really Cool Doppler Effect Video – The Adlers
Really Cool Doppler Effect Video – The Adlers
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Phenomenon #5 – Doppler Effect
A source sends out waves in all directions with the same frequency and wavelength. How the wave is perceived by an observer depends on RELATIVE MOTION of the source and/or observer.
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Phenomenon #5 – Doppler Effect
Same frame of reference (no relative motion) FREQ. OBSERVED (FOBS) = SOURCE FREQ.(FSOURCE) A B
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Phenomenon #5 – Doppler Effect
Getting closer together – FOBS > FSOURCE … at increasing speed – GETTING HIGHER … at decreasing speed – GETTING LOWER Getting farther apart – FOBS < FSOURCE … at increasing speed – GETTING LOWER … at decreasing speed – GETTING HIGER B A
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The Doppler Effect: what does motion do to waves?
The Doppler Effect: what does motion do to waves?
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Big Bang Theory
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Going faster than the speed of sound
Sonic Boom Going faster than the speed of sound
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Sonic Boom
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