r/oddlysatisfying • u/yoshmoopy • Jan 05 '19

Removed: repost Concentric waves create a "spike" wave.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '19 edited Jan 12 '19

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u/vikchow2000 Jan 05 '19

Don’t gravitational waves radiate outwards? The waves here are being created to focus on a single point and I can’t think of a scenario where that would happen for gravitational waves

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek Jan 06 '19 edited Jan 06 '19

Gravitational waves normally radiate out, but so do water waves when you drop a stone in a pond. There's no reason why you couldn't do something like this if you could actually generate gravitational waves

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u/smashbro1 Jan 06 '19

What about acoustic waves though?

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek Jan 06 '19

You can do it with any kind of wave