Standing Waves

Resources

tacoma narrows bridge
- The Camera Shop Tacoma, Offically licensed copies of the famous footage shot by Barney Elliott and Harbine Monroe on 7 November 1940
- tacomanarrowsbridge.com and Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project, United Infrastructure Washington (UIW) & Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Underwater Atmospheric Systems
- Disaster! The Greatest Camera Scoop of All Time [mov] University of California, Davis
london millenium bridge
- How things in nature tend to sync up, Steven Strogatz, TED Talks (February 2004)
- Millenium Bridge, mdepablo, YouTube
- London Millenium Bridge Opening, stonefever555, YouTube
more bridges
- Bridge Resonance, KayakBob2000, YouTube
- Twisting Bridge Resonance, KayakBob2000, YouTube
- El puente y la samb, amfeli, YouTube
schumann resonance
- Schumann, W.O. "Über die strahlungslosen Eigenschwingungen einer leitenden Kugel, die von einer Luftschicht und einer Ionosphärenhülle umgeben ist." Zeitschrift Naturforsch. 7A (1952) 149-154.
- Schumann Resonances, Geophysical Observatory, Modra, Slovak Republic
  - electric component
  - magnetic component
- Magnetic Activity and Schumann Resonance, Northern california Earthquake Data Center
shattering glass
- Ella Fitzgerald Memorex Ad, cannot be found on the internet!
- Breaking Glass With a Human Voice, Myth Busters, 2005
  - Part 1
  - Part 2
  - Part 3
- Lexus LFA - The Pursuit of Perfection, 2010
  - Advertisement
  - Behind the Scenes
miscellaneous
- Good and Bad Vibrations, New York Times science reporter John Schwartz and Rutgers University physics demonstrator Dave Maiullo explain the power of standing waves.
- Measuring the Speed of Light with Chocolate, Joseph Andersen, About.com
- Physicists Play the Nanopipe, Nature Science Update, 9 August 2001
- Rod Cross, University of Sydney
  - Physics of Baseball, standing waves on a baseball bat
  - Physics of Tennis, standing waves on a tennis racket
- Two-dimensional imaging of electronic wavefunctions in carbon nanotubes, LeMay, et al. Nature 412, 617 - 620 (2001).
video on demand
- The Mechanical Universe and Beyond
  - Resonance, Why a swaying bridge collapses with a high wind, and why a wine glass shatters with a higher octave.

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