An Example of Doppler Effect

An emergency ambulance with switched on siren passes a person standing at the street.

Note: This applet is not very realistic in one sense: As the Doppler effect should be seen as clearly as possible, the sound waves have a smaller velocity than in reality.

URL: http://home.a-city.de/walter.fendt/physengl/dopplerengl.htm
© Walter Fendt, February 25, 1998
Last modification: December 23, 1998

Source file (German version): Doppler.java

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