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Constructive Oar Destructive Interference? by Alex Bauernschub
Alex Bauernschub
Type: Contrived
"Constructive Oar Destructive Interference?"
As droplets of water trickle off the oars in this photograph, waves are created in the lake. When these waves come together, they interfere with each other. A property called constructive interference occurs when the waves add together to make a larger wave, but only if both waves come together in the same orientation. The crests of the waves must be equal in height when they interfere in order to produce the larger wave However, destructive interference occurs if the if the waves come together in opposite orientation, with one crest up and the other down. In destructive interference, if the magnitude of the two waves are equal, then the waves cancel out, a phenomenon that results in no waves.
The distance between the two droplets affects the amount of interference that occurs. When the oars are closer together, the constructive and destructive patterns are wider apart because less interference is occurring. When the oars are further apart, more interference occurs. These type of interferences also occur in light and sound waves.
Constructive Oar Destructive Interference? by Alex Bauernschub
Alex Bauernschub
Type: Contrived
"Constructive Oar Destructive Interference?"
As droplets of water trickle off the oars in this photograph, waves are created in the lake. When these waves come together, they interfere with each other. A property called constructive interference occurs when the waves add together to make a larger wave, but only if both waves come together in the same orientation. The crests of the waves must be equal in height when they interfere in order to produce the larger wave However, destructive interference occurs if the if the waves come together in opposite orientation, with one crest up and the other down. In destructive interference, if the magnitude of the two waves are equal, then the waves cancel out, a phenomenon that results in no waves.
The distance between the two droplets affects the amount of interference that occurs. When the oars are closer together, the constructive and destructive patterns are wider apart because less interference is occurring. When the oars are further apart, more interference occurs. These type of interferences also occur in light and sound waves.