Physics 213a 2007
Waves and Optics

Two dimensional waves            Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Instructor: Peter J. Love (Extension 6505, KINSC Link 105)

Office hours: M 2-4, T 1-2, Th 2-4, F 2-3

Meets: MWF 11:30-12:30, KINSC L205

Recitation: 7.30pm-8.30pm  Sharpless 410

Syllabus

Coupled pendulum applet

This course has a Blackboard site, where solutions and lecture notes will be posted

Pictures

Left: Wave motion in two dimensions. 

Right: ``Galloping Gertie'' -The original Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge near Seattle opened on July 1 1940. It collapsed four months later during a 42 mile/hour windstorm.