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Sunday, April 19, 2009
doppler
In this picture, the ducks are swimming through the water and making waves. Since the duck is swimming faster than the wave it is creating it will all pile up in front of the duck. This piling of waves is called the Doppler effect. This happens with sound waves also. When a car moves toward you, the frequency changes because of the pile up of waves. Breaking the sound barrier was achieved when airplane designers put a point of the plane. Once an object moves faster than the sound waves it produces the waves make a v shaped behind the object. This is seen in the picture.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
magnet in action
This is a picture of the speakers for my computer. Speakers are a good example of magnets in action. Inside the speakers, there is a magnet and a copper coil. The coil receives an electrical signal from my computer. As the electricity passes through the coil it causes the coil to turn into an electromagnet. Depending on the current flow in the coil, the magnet will either attract or repel the coil. This makes vibrations, which make sound. Better speakers have better magnets because that allows for more pull or push from the speakers.
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