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About Touch Waves
Touch Waves is an educational application helpful for a high-school or university course of wave physics.
It contains not only a memorandum of the basic equations, but it also contains approximately thirty animations (some in 3D) illustrating the various concepts of wave physics.
More than 70 screens of wave physics!
For teachers !! Connect your iPad to a video projector and show the animations to your students in classroom.
List of covered subjects:
Vibration: Harmonic oscillator, damped oscillator, driven oscillator.
Wave on strings: Introduction, reflection and transmission, standing waves.
Acoustics: Introduction, reflection and transmission, Doppler effect.
Optics: Geometric optics, wave optics, polarization, Jones formulation of polarization,
reflection and transmission, interference, diffraction, Doppler-Fizeau effect.
Each section contains at least one animation.
List of animations:
Motion of harmonic oscillator,
Motion of damped oscillator,
Motion of driven oscillator,
Progressive transversal wave,
Reflection and transmission on string,
Standing waves on string,
Progressive longitudinal wave,
Beating wave,
Acoustic Doppler effect,
Snell-Descartes’ law,
Law of spherical interface,
Law of thin lens,
Law of thick lens,
Law of spherical mirror,
Geometric aberration,
Chromatic aberration,
Visible spectrum,
Electromagnetic wave in 3D,
Electromagnetic spectrum,
Absorption and emission of photon,
Types of polarization,
Types of polarization in 3D,
Fresnel’s coefficients,
Reflection and transmission in 3D,
Degree of polarization in reflection,
Interference in 3D,
Young's interferometer,
Michelson's interferometer,
Fabry-Pérot interferometer,
Diffraction by rectangular aperture,
Diffraction by circular aperture.
It contains not only a memorandum of the basic equations, but it also contains approximately thirty animations (some in 3D) illustrating the various concepts of wave physics.
More than 70 screens of wave physics!
For teachers !! Connect your iPad to a video projector and show the animations to your students in classroom.
List of covered subjects:
Vibration: Harmonic oscillator, damped oscillator, driven oscillator.
Wave on strings: Introduction, reflection and transmission, standing waves.
Acoustics: Introduction, reflection and transmission, Doppler effect.
Optics: Geometric optics, wave optics, polarization, Jones formulation of polarization,
reflection and transmission, interference, diffraction, Doppler-Fizeau effect.
Each section contains at least one animation.
List of animations:
Motion of harmonic oscillator,
Motion of damped oscillator,
Motion of driven oscillator,
Progressive transversal wave,
Reflection and transmission on string,
Standing waves on string,
Progressive longitudinal wave,
Beating wave,
Acoustic Doppler effect,
Snell-Descartes’ law,
Law of spherical interface,
Law of thin lens,
Law of thick lens,
Law of spherical mirror,
Geometric aberration,
Chromatic aberration,
Visible spectrum,
Electromagnetic wave in 3D,
Electromagnetic spectrum,
Absorption and emission of photon,
Types of polarization,
Types of polarization in 3D,
Fresnel’s coefficients,
Reflection and transmission in 3D,
Degree of polarization in reflection,
Interference in 3D,
Young's interferometer,
Michelson's interferometer,
Fabry-Pérot interferometer,
Diffraction by rectangular aperture,
Diffraction by circular aperture.
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What's New in the Latest Version 7.5
Last updated on Apr 25, 2023
Old Versions
- Addition of a 3D animation on Doppler effect in the acoustic section,
- Addition of a 3D animation on the transmission of light using augmented reality;
- Improvement in some animations.
- Addition of a 3D animation on the transmission of light using augmented reality;
- Improvement in some animations.
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Version History
7.5
Apr 25, 2023
- Addition of a 3D animation on Doppler effect in the acoustic section,
- Addition of a 3D animation on the transmission of light using augmented reality;
- Improvement in some animations.
- Addition of a 3D animation on the transmission of light using augmented reality;
- Improvement in some animations.
7.1
Feb 27, 2022
- Bug corrections.
7.0
Jan 26, 2021
- Improvements in geometric optic animations.
- Bugs fixed.
- New animations.
- Bugs fixed.
- New animations.
6.0
Mar 31, 2019
- Update for iOS 12,
- Update for the new 2018 iPads pro,
- Adding animations in menus,
- Overall improvements.
- Update for the new 2018 iPads pro,
- Adding animations in menus,
- Overall improvements.
5.3.1
Mar 7, 2018
bug correction on the native language of the app.
5.3
Dec 15, 2017
- Correction of a bug in the french version,
- Add theory and animation of coupled oscillator.
- Update for iOS 11.
- Ready for iPhone X.
- Add theory and animation of coupled oscillator.
- Update for iOS 11.
- Ready for iPhone X.
5.2
Jul 18, 2017
- Improvements in animations,
- Improvements in equations,
- Bug corrections.
- Improvements in equations,
- Bug corrections.
5.1.1
Jun 15, 2016
- Correction of a bug in the acoustic impedance table.
5.1
May 20, 2016
Fixed a bug that crashes the app when asking informations in the illustration screen.
5.0
May 17, 2016
- New calculator for Doppler effect.
- New animation on Phasor.
- Add general informations,
- Improve interfaces.
- New animation on Phasor.
- Add general informations,
- Improve interfaces.
4.2
Feb 23, 2016
- Overall improvement,
- Correct some bugs,
- Support iOS 9,
- iPad Pro Support.
- Correct some bugs,
- Support iOS 9,
- iPad Pro Support.
4.1
Oct 19, 2015
- bug correction for the iPods,
- Ready for iOS 9,
- New animation on thin film
- Ready for iOS 9,
- New animation on thin film
4.0
Sep 3, 2015
- typo corrections,
- more information,
- new animation on Sound level meter,
- ready for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+
- more information,
- new animation on Sound level meter,
- ready for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+
3.2.1
Dec 6, 2014
- fixed typo in an equation
3.2
Nov 26, 2014
- fixe a bug on the chapter list,
- fixe a bug in exercice sections,
- add animation on degree of polarization in the reflection ans transmission section.
- fixe a bug in exercice sections,
- add animation on degree of polarization in the reflection ans transmission section.
3.1.1.
Nov 22, 2014
- fixes bug for non-English users.
3.1
Nov 21, 2014
- update to iOS 8,
- new descriptions,
- new section on Jones formulation of polarization.
- new descriptions,
- new section on Jones formulation of polarization.
3.0
Jun 15, 2014
- New exercises,
- New animation on refraction,
- New demonstrations.
- New animation on refraction,
- New demonstrations.
2.9.1
May 23, 2013
- bug correction in diffraction animations,
- General improvement.
- General improvement.
2.9
Apr 23, 2013
- New configuration of the illustration,
- New animation on normal modes,
- New animation on transmission for acoustic waves,
- Improvement of animation fluidity.
- New animation on normal modes,
- New animation on transmission for acoustic waves,
- Improvement of animation fluidity.
2.8.1
Nov 30, 2012
- bug with iOS 5.1 fixed
2.8
Nov 7, 2012
- Update for iOS 6,
- Update for the iPhone 5,
- General improvement.
- Update for the iPhone 5,
- General improvement.
2.7.1
Sep 13, 2012
bug fixe
2.7
Jul 11, 2012
- correction of a bug in the harmonic oscillator animation,
- new animation on spherical aberration for miroirs,
- overall improvement of animation,
- typo corrections.
- new animation on spherical aberration for miroirs,
- overall improvement of animation,
- typo corrections.
2.6
Mar 29, 2012
- New 3D animation on acoustic transmission,
- Add exercises in the section of geometrical optics,
- Ready for the new iPad.
- Add exercises in the section of geometrical optics,
- Ready for the new iPad.
Touch Waves Price
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$3.99
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Touch Waves FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Touch Waves in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Touch Waves.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Touch Waves supports English, French