breeds [ lefts rights sums ] turtles-own [ yvel-old yvel-new ypos-old ypos-new time ] globals [ time-ticks listening-point ] to setup ca set-default-shape turtles "circle" ;; Create the turtles that represent the waves ;; We need three lines across the screen, so it sets ;; their xcor based on their incrementing turtle id cct-lefts screen-size-x [ set xcor ( who - screen-edge-x ) set color yellow ] cct-rights screen-size-x [ set xcor ( who - screen-edge-x ) set color cyan ] cct-sums screen-size-x [ set xcor ( who - screen-edge-x ) set color red ] ;; Initialize all variables to zero. All of the turtles are stationary. set listening-point 0 set time-ticks 0 ask turtles [ set yvel-old 0 set ypos-old 0 set time 0 ] ;; The ends of the waves are special. One side drives the wave, while ;; the other side anchors the waves- (prevents wrapping) ;; First define the driving turtles, which are colored green. ;; Next define the anchor turtles, which are colored blue ask lefts [ if ( xcor = screen-edge-x ) [ set color blue ] if ( xcor = (- screen-edge-x) ) [ set color green ] ] ask rights [ if ( xcor = (- screen-edge-x) ) [ set color blue ] if ( xcor = screen-edge-x ) [ set color green ] ] ;; draw the speakers, gray centered line, and listening point ask patches [ if pycor = 0 [ set pcolor gray ] draw-left-speaker draw-right-speaker if ( pxcor = listening-point and pycor > 0 and pycor < 4 ) [ set pcolor white ] ] setup-plot end to go ;; Increase the model time set time-ticks time-ticks + 1 ;; Move all the wave turtles ask turtles [ if ( color = green ) [ drive-force ] if ( color = yellow or color = cyan ) [ driven-force ] if ( color = blue ) [ follow ] if ( color = red ) [ interfere ] ] ;; Update the plot if ( plot? ) [ get-a-point plot-the-point ] ;; Reset the velocities ask turtles [ set yvel-old yvel-new set ypos-old ypos-new ] ;; Check if a hide/show switch changed show-or-hide end to drive-force ;; procedure for green turtles set time time + 1 ifelse (breed = lefts) [ set ypos-new amplitude-left * ( sin (frequency-left * 0.1 * time )) ] [ set ypos-new amplitude-right * ( sin (frequency-right * 0.1 * time )) ] set ypos-old ypos-new set ycor ypos-new end to driven-force ;; procedure for yellow and cyan turtles locals [ curr-set ] set yvel-new yvel-old + ( ypos-old-of turtle ( who - 1 ) ) - ypos-old + ( ypos-old-of turtle ( who + 1 ) ) - ypos-old set yvel-new ( ( 1000 - friction ) / 1000 ) * yvel-new set ypos-new ypos-old + yvel-new set ycor ypos-new end to follow ;; procedure for blue turtles ifelse ( breed = lefts ) [ set ypos-new ypos-old-of turtle ( who - 1 ) ] [ set ypos-new ypos-old-of turtle ( who + 1 ) ] set ycor ypos-new end to interfere ;; procdure for red turtles set ypos-new ( ( ypos-new-of turtle ( who - screen-size-x ) ) + ( ypos-new-of turtle ( who - ( 2 * screen-size-x ) ) ) ) set ycor ypos-new ifelse (( abs ypos-new ) <= screen-edge-y) and show-sum? [ showturtle ] [ hideturtle ] end to setup-plot set-current-plot "Speaker amplitude" clear-plot set-current-plot-pen "left" set-plot-pen-color yellow set-current-plot-pen "right" set-plot-pen-color cyan set-current-plot-pen "sum" set-plot-pen-color red set-plot-y-range ( ( - amplitude-left ) - amplitude-right ) ( amplitude-left + amplitude-right ) set-plot-x-range 0 250 auto-plot-on end to plot-the-point if ((time-ticks mod 200) = 0) [ ifelse (not show-only-recent-plot?) [ set-plot-x-range 0 (time-ticks + 200) ] [ set-plot-x-range (time-ticks - 210) (time-ticks + 210)] ] set-current-plot-pen "left" if show-left? and any? lefts with [ round xcor = listening-point ] [ plotxy time-ticks ypos-new-of random-one-of lefts with [ round xcor = listening-point ] ] set-current-plot-pen "right" if show-right? and any? rights with [ round xcor = listening-point ] [ plotxy time-ticks ypos-new-of random-one-of rights with [ round xcor = listening-point ] ] set-current-plot-pen "sum" if show-sum? and any? sums with [ round xcor = listening-point ] [ plotxy time-ticks ypos-new-of random-one-of sums with [ round xcor = listening-point ] ] end to get-a-point ;; Changes the listening-point if the mouse is down if mouse-down? [ ask patches with [ pxcor = listening-point and pycor > 0 and pycor < 4 ] [ set pcolor black ] set listening-point round mouse-xcor ask patches with [ pxcor = listening-point and pycor > 0 and pycor < 4 ] [ set pcolor white ] ] end to draw-right-speaker ;; patch procedure if ( pxcor = screen-edge-x ) and ( pycor > ( -0.1 * screen-edge-x ) ) and ( pycor < ( 0.1 * screen-edge-x ) ) [ set pcolor orange ] if ( pxcor = round ( 0.9 * screen-edge-x ) ) and ( pycor > ( -0.2 * screen-edge-x ) ) and ( pycor < ( 0.2 * screen-edge-x ) ) [ set pcolor orange ] end to draw-left-speaker ;; patch procedure if ( pxcor = ( - screen-edge-x ) ) and ( pycor > ( -0.1 * screen-edge-x ) ) and ( pycor < ( 0.1 * screen-edge-x ) ) [ set pcolor orange ] if ( pxcor = round ( - ( 0.9 * screen-edge-x ) ) ) and ( pycor > ( -0.2 * screen-edge-x ) ) and ( pycor < ( 0.2 * screen-edge-x ) ) [ set pcolor orange ] end to show-or-hide ;; The sums are hidden in the interference procedure because it has the possibility ;; of wrapping when the sum amplitudes are too large. ifelse show-left? [ if any? lefts with [ hidden? ] [ ask lefts [ st ] ] ] [ if any? lefts with [ not hidden? ] [ ask lefts [ ht ] ] ] ifelse show-right? [ if any? rights with [ hidden? ] [ ask rights [ st ] ] ] [ if any? rights with [ not hidden? ] [ ask rights [ ht ] ] ] end ; *** NetLogo Model Copyright Notice *** ; ; This model was created as part of the project: CONNECTED MATHEMATICS: ; MAKING SENSE OF COMPLEX PHENOMENA THROUGH BUILDING OBJECT-BASED PARALLEL ; MODELS (OBPML). The project gratefully acknowledges the support of the ; National Science Foundation (Applications of Advanced Technologies ; Program) -- grant numbers RED #9552950 and REC #9632612. ; ; Copyright 1998 by Uri Wilensky. All rights reserved. ; ; Permission to use, modify or redistribute this model is hereby granted, ; provided that both of the following requirements are followed: ; a) this copyright notice is included. ; b) this model will not be redistributed for profit without permission ; from Uri Wilensky. ; Contact Uri Wilensky for appropriate licenses for redistribution for ; profit. ; ; This model was converted to NetLogo as part of the project: ; PARTICIPATORY SIMULATIONS: NETWORK-BASED DESIGN FOR SYSTEMS LEARNING IN ; CLASSROOMS. The project gratefully acknowledges the support of the ; National Science Foundation (REPP program) -- grant number REC #9814682. ; Converted from StarLogoT to NetLogo, 2002. Updated 2002. ; ; To refer to this model in academic publications, please use: ; Wilensky, U. (1998). NetLogo Speakers model. ; http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Speakers. ; Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, ; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. ; ; In other publications, please use: ; Copyright 1998 by Uri Wilensky. All rights reserved. See ; http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Speakers ; for terms of use. ; ; *** End of NetLogo Model Copyright Notice *** @#$#@#$#@ GRAPHICS-WINDOW 332 17 746 452 50 50 4.0 1 10 1 1 1 CC-WINDOW 372 448 737 579 Command Center BUTTON 80 43 154 76 go go T 1 T OBSERVER T BUTTON 6 43 80 76 setup setup NIL 1 T OBSERVER T SLIDER 10 132 142 165 amplitude-left amplitude-left 0 50.0 20.0 1 1 NIL SLIDER 171 44 303 77 friction friction 0 100.0 0.0 1 1 NIL SLIDER 10 99 142 132 frequency-left frequency-left 1 100.0 30.0 1 1 NIL MONITOR 11 177 108 226 listening-point listening-point 3 1 SWITCH 207 507 311 540 plot? plot? 0 1 -1000 PLOT 4 232 306 492 Speaker amplitude Time Amplitude 0.0 250.0 -61.0 50.0 false true PENS "left" 1.0 0 -256 true "right" 1.0 0 -16711681 true "sum" 1.0 0 -65536 true SWITCH 6 507 204 540 show-only-recent-plot? show-only-recent-plot? 0 1 -1000 SWITCH 5 542 117 575 show-left? show-left? 0 1 -1000 SWITCH 240 542 357 575 show-right? show-right? 0 1 -1000 SWITCH 118 542 239 575 show-sum? show-sum? 0 1 -1000 SLIDER 164 99 296 132 frequency-right frequency-right 0 100.0 30.0 1 1 NIL SLIDER 164 132 296 165 amplitude-right amplitude-right 0 50.0 20.0 1 1 NIL @#$#@#$#@ WHAT IS IT? ----------- This model simulates sound wave interference. There is one speaker at each end. A sinusoidal signal generator powers each speaker. In the graphics window, the yellow line represents the sound level due to the left speaker, the cyan line represents the sound level due to the right speaker, and the red line represents the sum of the sound levels due to both speakers. HOW IT WORKS ------------- Sound effect is due to pressure change spatially and temporally. The waveforms are made up of three lines of turtles. Each turtle acts as it were connected to its neighboring turtles with springs. When neighboring turtles are further away, they exert a stronger force. When the left end of the sound level goes up, it "pulls up" the turtle to its right, which in turn pulls up the turtle to its right, and so on. In that way, a sound wave moves through the air. The green turtles (speakers) continue to put more energy into the air. When there is no friction in the air, the waves in the air travel without losing amplitude. HOW TO USE IT ------------- Click the SETUP button to set up the system. Then, click GO to turn on the speakers. The FRICTION slider controls the amount of sound damping in the air. The FREQUENCY slider controls the frequency of the signal generator. The AMPLITUDE slider controls the sound level of the speakers. There are three buttons to hide each curve and three buttons to show each curve, so that the curves can be observed individually or collectively. Set the PLOT? switch to on and click anywhere on the horizontal line in the Graphics Window and you will be able to observe the sound level vs. time at the position you selected. The LISTENING-POINT monitor shows the x coordinate of the point. A white vertical line in the Graphics Window also shows it. Click on the line to move the LISTENING-POINT to different points on the screen. The SPEAKER AMPLITUDE plot will plot the sound levels at this listening point. Set the SHOW-ONLY-RECENT-PLOT? switch to on when you want to see only how the wave has looked in the recent past. With the toggle off, you can see the waves over the whole running time of the model. THINGS TO NOTICE ---------------- How does the pattern of the left speaker wave and the right speaker wave change when you change the FREQUENCY slider? The AMPLITUDE slider? When two speakers are turned on, the sound level at a certain point at a certain time is the sum of the sound levels produced by the two speakers at that time. Its pattern may be quite different from either of the speaker sound patterns. THINGS TO TRY ------------ Change the values on the sliders and observe what happens to the sum of the sound levels -- the red curve. Try adding friction to see what it does to the waves. Move the listening-point -- what do you observe in the plot window? Try to create a "standing wave," in which some points on the lines do not move at all, and plot one of the points to see if the sum there is zero. Try to create a flat red curve. Compare the relationship between frequency and wavelength. Find a way to measure the speed of the wave such that the relationship, speed = frequency * wavelength, is true. EXTENDING THE MODEL ------------------- Program the red turtles to find the sum of the absolute values of the two waves. Make it possible to "fix" the waves to zero at some point along the line -- as if this were a string and you put your finger on it. Make the waves "reflect" from each end instead of going on. NETLOGO FEATURES ----------------- In order to have three independent waves, three lines of turtles are created -- yellow, then cyan, and then red -- in order from left to right. Special turtles are created to control the ends of these waves. One end generates the wave (green) and the other end prevents the wave motion from wrapping (dark blue). For this project, it does not make sense for the turtles to "wrap" when they get to the top or bottom of the screen. So the y-position of the turtles is kept in a new variable (YPOS-NEW), and the turtle is hidden if its y-position moves outside the boundary of the screen. During each iteration of GO, each turtle looks at its neighbors and calculates a new speed and position accordingly. The order in which this is done is not obvious, since the turtles are running in parallel. It's important that the order in which the turtles look at their neighbors doesn't matter. Therefore temporary variables are created, "ypos-old", and "yvel-old". Each turtle looks at its neighbors in previous state and updates its own temporary variables "ypos-new" and "yvel-new". Then all the turtles update their states together. A TRUE STORY ------------ A CCL member was asked by an undergraduate student to help her with some physics experiment problems: The experiment was about wave propagation and interference. In the experiment, two speakers are put on a straight track one meter apart and facing each other. The speakers are connected to a 1500 Hz sinusoidal signal generator. The student is asked to use a microphone to measure the sound level along the track between the two speakers and write down the positions where the microphone readings are a minimum. The student is asked to explain the results and to determine if the minimum readings should be zero or not. The results of the experiment show that the average distance between two minimum readings is about one half of the wavelength. The CCL member could not explain the results and determine if the readings should be zero or not. The ROPE sample model helped him to answer the student. In the rope model, one end of the rope is fixed. So the model setup is similar to the experiment setup except for the length and the frequency. The CCL member and the student then worked together to modify the rope model and change the meaning of the y coordinate -- changing it from representing the absolute value of the deflection, because the microphone reading is the root mean square value of the sound level. When they ran the program, they got the experimental results and, more importantly, it became very clear to them why the minimum readings should be zero and the distance between any two minima is one half of the wavelength. Isn't it amazing that such a simple program can be so helpful? Try and repeat what the student and CCL member did and answer the physical experiment problems. CREDITS AND REFERENCES ---------------------- To refer to this model in academic publications, please use: Wilensky, U. (1998). NetLogo Speakers model. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Speakers. Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. In other publications, please use: Copyright 1998 by Uri Wilensky. All rights reserved. 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