Ever wanted to ‘see’ sound waves?
Then take a look at this video clip created by science officer Don Pettit on board the International Space Station, demonstrating water oscillations in microgravity. The simple experiment sees Pettit use a basic speaker with the cover removed so the tweeter and woofer 20mm cones are on show. A droplet of
water is then placed on each and let the music and the show begin!
“I’m amazed at how much fun you can with something as simple as a set of speakers from your laptop
computer and a splash of water,” said Pettit who added that he wanted to see how sound waves would affect water droplets“without the complications of gravity.”
Keep watching till the end to rock with ZZ Top and see the variations between the low frequencies of
the woofer and the high frequencies of the tweeter and how they affect the water drops.
Then take a look at this video clip created by science officer Don Pettit on board the International Space Station, demonstrating water oscillations in microgravity. The simple experiment sees Pettit use a basic speaker with the cover removed so the tweeter and woofer 20mm cones are on show. A droplet of
water is then placed on each and let the music and the show begin!
“I’m amazed at how much fun you can with something as simple as a set of speakers from your laptop
computer and a splash of water,” said Pettit who added that he wanted to see how sound waves would affect water droplets“without the complications of gravity.”
Keep watching till the end to rock with ZZ Top and see the variations between the low frequencies of
the woofer and the high frequencies of the tweeter and how they affect the water drops.
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