Example: Lissajous

Displays Lissajous figures using the Measurement Studio Graph and Slide ActiveX controls.

Description

French scientist Jules Lissajous is known for his work with vibrating bars, in which he tried to develop an optical method for studying vibrations. At first he studied waves produced by a tuning fork in contact with water. Later, he described a way of studying acoustic vibrations by reflecting a light beam from a mirror attached to a vibrating object onto a screen. The figures obtained by successively reflecting light from mirrors on two tuning forks vibrating at right angles are known as Lissajous figures or curves. The curves are seen only because of persistence of vision in the human eye. This example predefines five different Lissajous figures.

Try experimenting with the predefined figures and creating your own figures and curves by defining different functions, frequencies, and amplitudes.

Example Location

Samples\Apps\Lissajous