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Java Applets for High School Physics Education

by S.Kamikawa, high school Physics teacher in Japan.
http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~kamikawa/java_e.htm/
A variety of 1- and 2-D java animated JAVA applets (step through them if they run too fast on your machine). These are simple but show the mechanics of simple transverse and longitudinal waves (simple pulses and reflections, together with standing waves and self-interference) with fixed and free boundaries.

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