Ripple Tank - Inteference of two sources

The ripple tank starts with two sources, in phase. It will calculate 7 frames of the animation and then run it. If you change to one of the other views, it will need to recalculate before it will run. The ripple tank has a wavelength of 2 units. Pick one of the "darks" and calculate the path difference of the signals from each source - see how many wavelengths fit into that path difference ... then try for one of the "brights".

Left Right Both in phase Both out of phase

Credits

Physlet problem originally authored by Wolfgang Christian. Modified by Dr. Scott Schneider