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Doppler Chase

Race a siren past a listener. Find the pitch you hear, and the speed from the pitch.

Physics · Class 11 · The Doppler effect · 10 simulations. For JEE, NEET and your boards.

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What you'll learn

  1. Here comes the ambulance: A source coming toward you
  2. Bullet train horn: Moving source or moving listener?
  3. Ride the bullet train: A moving listener
  4. The chase: Both move
  5. Coming and going: Two pitches give two answers
  6. Wind on the field: Wind carries the air
  7. Make the pipe sing: Hit the pipe's note
  8. Starlight: Light shifts too
  9. Shock cone: Faster than sound: a cone
  10. When the boom lands: The boom comes late