Coupling between two singing wineglasses

Abstract

Rubbing the rim of one wineglass produces a tone, and induces oscillations on other wineglasses due to their coupling. This simple experiment demonstrates phase locking between coupled oscillators and the relation between the required coupling and the frequency detuning.

Publication
Tal Arane, Karina Ramos-Musalem and Moti Fridman

Authors: Tal Arane, Karina Ramos-Musalem and Moti Fridman