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Shattering Wineglass

Guest » 8am - May 20, 2011
Sound is used to drive a wineglass into resonance behavior. In the...
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Category: Sound
Tags: science, sound, resonance, normal modes, oscillations, shattering wineglass, breaking wineglass, breaking wine glass, shattering wine glass, keystage2, keystage3, keystage4
Sound is used to drive a wineglass into resonance behavior. In the first clip we see in 600 fps a glass vibrating at its fundamental frequency, with a small strip of paper bouncing up and down as it straddles the lip of the glass. The next two clips show us breaking a (different) glass, first showing the break in 30 fps and then in 600 fps, with the sound from the 30 fps footage slowed down for added drama.
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