Amazing Resonance Experiment

Amazing Resonance Experiment

Leave a comment letting me know what your favorite pattern is. My favorite is 5284 hz (at 3:08).

So this experiment is the Chladni plate experiment. I used a tone generator, a wave driver (speaker) and a metal plate attached to the speaker. First add sand to the plate then begin playing a tone. Certain frequencies vibrate the metal plate in such a way that it creates areas where there is no vibration. The sand « falls » into those areas, creating beautiful geometric patterns. As the frequency increases in pitch the patterns become more complex.