Environment: Data for user specified wave components

The user specified components wave type allows you to define the wave train as the sum of a number of given sinusoidal components. For each component you give:

Frequency or period

You may specify either one of these – the other is automatically updated using the relationship period = 1 / frequency.

Amplitude

The single amplitude of the component – that is, half the peak to trough height.

Phase lag

The phase lag relative to the wave time origin.

The randomise phases button will generate a random phase value for each component, replacing all the existing data.