On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:58 AM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote:
Something else worth trying, an experiment that shouldn't be too expensive to assemble would be to spin the apparatus while it is set in it's horizontal position. IOW, turn the apparatus into a spinning centrifuge. Make sure it's carefully counter balanced, then spin up the RPMs to something equivalent to 1 g. My suspicion is that as the RPMs increase to a force approaching 1g the wave pattern will shift accordingly. Again, this is assuming minor physical stresses is responsible for causing various components to bend or warp slightly as simulated centerfugal g forces increase.
It might be a lot easier to put the device in the position where the splitter is parallel to the ground and then place a small lead weight on its edge furthest from the base, to look for an interference change. The lead weight should weigh about half as much as the splitter assembly.
Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
