The Nature of Waves

Resources

general
- Longitudinal and Transverse Waves, Dan Russell, Kettering University [excellent animations of wave types]
traffic waves
- Ben Coifman, Ohio State University — University of California Berkeley
  - Shocking (html)
  - Time Space Diagrams for Thirteen Shock Waves (pdf)
- Dynamics of Traffic Jams (Shock Waves in a 2D Granular Flow), S. Hørlück and P. Dimon, Niels Bohr Institute
- Kinematics of Driving: Some "Real" Traffic Considerations, DC Tech
- Microsimulation of road traffic, Martin Treiber, Dresden University of Technology
- Starlogo, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Stop-and-Go Science, Peter Weiss, Science News, 3 July 1999
- Traffic Waves, William Beaty, Science Hobbyist
ocean waves
- Seabased Energy AB, using oceanwaves to generate electricity
seismic waves
- Oklahoma Geological Survey Nuclear Explosion Catalog
- West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  - The Great Alaskan Earthquake & Tsunamis of 1964
stadium wave
- Mexican waves in an excitable medium. I. Farkas, D. Helbing, T. Vicsek. Nature. No. 419 (12 September 2002): 131–132.
video on demand
- The Mechanical Universe and Beyond
  - Waves, With an analysis of simple harmonic motion and a stroke of genius, Newton extended mechanics to the propagation of sound.
- YouTube
  - Gravity Waves (atmospheric phenomena), akrherz
  - Time Warp - Baseball Bat, Discovery Channel