3B20.10 Hanging Slinky
Use your hand or the spring oscillator to send compression pulses through the slinky. This demonstration nicely displays waves moving in opposite directions.
Note: Version 1 is driven by the spring oscillator. Version 2 is shown clamped at one end.
Version 1
Version 2 (for big classrooms)
Standing waves are in the horizontal direction. The interference pattern is observed.
Location: E1-1