Ripple Tank Apparatus

About Ripple Tank Apparatus

A specially designed versatile apparatus for the investigation of the wave properties, such as wave propagation, reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference. Permits demonstration with an overhead projector or use as a free standing bench model, allowing investigations to be carried out directly. Comprises a Rectangular plastic tank with clear bottom and sloped sides incorporating beach effect to eliminate unwanted reflections. The tank has four detachable legs mounted at its underside at the corners with a hole in the clear tray for water drainage. One end of the tank has clamps for supporting lamp holder with a pair of clamps on each side for mounting rippler support rods. Rippler assembly comprises of a Rectangular plastic rod with series of holes suitable for mounting spherical dippers and a low voltage DC motor having eccentric cam attached to its shaft to produce oscillatory motion. Supplied complete with following accessories:

Illuminant Assembly

Set of 4 barriers a pair of bigger L-shaped (75-25mm) and a pair of smaller L-shaped barrier (2-25mm)

1 Curved Barrier, 2.5cm high, with uniform radius of curvature

1 Hand Stroboscope

1 Convex Lens

1 Concave Lens

1 Rectangular Block

2 Spherical Dippers

Spare Elastic Cords for suspending rippler assembly