Tsunamis, Sealing Wax, and String.

Curzon, F. L.; Neilson, B.

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ERIC Number: EJ150643

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Publication Date: 1976

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Tsunamis, Sealing Wax, and String

Curzon, F. L.; Neilson, B.

American Journal of Physics, 44, 11, 1073-1076, Nov 76

Described is an inexpensive wave tank used to study the amplitude of tsunamis travelling down a channel of decreasing depth. A detailed discussion to theory and computations is included. (SL)

Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Procedures, Physics, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Waves (Physics)

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