Doppler effect

[Zeth]

I was thinking of how to represent this on a graph with (0,0) being the source of the wave. After some though I came up with:

y=x^2*y^2*t*(w-Vsin[theta])+x^2*y^2(Vsin[theta]-w)

t= time

w= speed of wave in the medium

v= velocity

[theta]= angle taken at right angle to motion counter clockwise.

This is probably wrong but I can't find it on google and got too bogged down to think it through again.

[5614]

How did you work that equation?

[Zeth]

How did you work that equation?

 

If by work you mean work out, I did it in my head.

If by work if you mean how does it work, I don't know if it does, I'll have to try it out on the software at school to see if it does anything right. Since I can't get there till next week that's why I posted here first.

[Dave]

You need to show the derivation really; we can't help without it.