Resonance with wine glass
Experiment no.: 5.3.10
A wine glass is made to vibrate with a sine wave from a speaker. If the frequency of the tone is close to the resonant frequency of the glass and the sound is loud enough, the wine glass may shatter.
Caution: Experiment with possible hearing damage!
Personal protective equipment necessary!
Caution: Experiment with possible hearing damage!
Personal protective equipment necessary!
Videos for this experiment
Embedded videos are provided via YouTube in enhanced privacy mode.
When playing or opening, data may be transmitted to YouTube/Google.
Images for this experiment
Documents for this experiment
Resonance curves for amplitude and phase
Power resonance
Transparency 1
Transparency 2