These 4 demos comprehensively illustrate fundamental principles governing wave motion, beginning with the physical force balance underlying the 2D wave equation, where the net vertical restoring force is constrained to the vertical axis and its magnitude tracks local curvature, even though the local tension forces are tangent to the surface. Moving to one dimension, dynamic visualizations of the D'Alembert solution demonstrate that the initial energy input dictates the symmetry of the resulting traveling wave components; specifically, an initial centrally-lobed pulse released from rest (zero initial velocity) instantaneously resolves into two identical, symmetric halves traveling in opposite directions, whereas applying a finite initial velocity profile with zero initial displacement results in anti-symmetric splitting, producing a positive peak traveling right and a negative trough traveling left. Ultimately, the sources distinguish between idealized and realistic systems by comparing the undamped wave, which maintains constant amplitude over time and perfectly conserves energy, with the damped wave, which visibly shows the wave's amplitude decaying exponentially until the system comes to rest, accurately modeling real-world energy loss.

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  1. visualize how an initial wave profile splits into two equal and opposite-traveling components
  2. visually compares the behavior of an undamped wave and a damped wave over time
  3. visualize the wave equation solution for the condition where the string starts with zero initial displacement but is given a velocity profile
  4. the net forces and tension acting on a small element of a vibrating membrane </aside>

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