Wave simulations →
Longitudinal, shear, Rayleigh, gravity, Love and Lamb waves.
Resources & educationA closer look
A closer look
at wave physics.
Explore acoustic and elastic waves through educational animations, physical explanations and reference models. Most examples were computed using finite-difference time-domain methods.
Wave animations
Linear acoustics
Acoustic sources →
Monopole and dipole radiation fields.
Acoustic piston →
Pressure fields and particle motion for radiating pistons.
Focused acoustic sources →
Focused acoustic fields at different F-numbers.
The Doppler effect →
Moving sources, frequency shifts and supersonic propagation.
Acoustic scattering →
Incident, scattered and total fields around a rigid cylinder.
Nonlinear acoustics
Nonlinear acoustic plane waves →
Wave steepening, shock formation, N-waves and sonic booms.
Acoustic streaming →
Steady flow generated by a focused ultrasound source.
Acoustic streaming in a resonator →
Acoustic streaming in resonating cavities and at free boundaries.
Elastodynamics
Driven elastic plate modes →
Numerical simulations of driven plates and Chladni patterns.