Shive wave machine

A Shive Wave Machine is a device used to demonstrate waves and wave mechanics. The Shive wave machine consists of a set of evenly spaces horizontal rods all attached to a square wire spine. Displacing a rod on one of the end will cause a wave to propagate across the machine. The end of square wire is able to clamped in order to demonstrate reflection, or can be dampened.

The Shive wave machine is named after Dr. John N. Shive, who developed the device at Bell Labs in the 1970s. Since most wave motion takes place at speeds which are difficult to view, the Shive wave machine was created to in order to demonstrate slower transverse waves.

External links

* [http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/staffresources/lecdem/wa1.htm Diagram of a Shive wave machine]
* [http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/services/demos/demosg3/demosg3.htm Images of a Shive wave machine in various states]
* [http://www.wfu.edu/Academic-departments/Physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/byalpha/stvideos.html#ShiveWaveMachinewidesectionsinglewavefixedend Movies of a Shive Wave Machine]