Vibrations on a Drum Skin

Vibrations on two dimensional surfaces are composed of fundamental modes which are characterized two "quantum numbers" which define their shapes. For a circular drumskin, there are two types of node: circular and transverse. (There must always be one circular node at the edge of the drum.)

Use the links below to view different fundamental modes. Each is labelled with the two quantum numbers defining a mode: the first for the number of circular nodes, and the second for the number of transverse nodes.

Drum (1,0)
Drum (1,1)
Drum (1,2)
Drum (1,3)
Drum (2,0)
Drum (2,1)
Drum (2,2)
Drum (2,3)
Drum (3,0)
Drum (3,1)
Drum (3,2)
Drum (3,3)
Drum (4,0)
Drum (4,1)
Drum (4,2)
Drum (4,3)
Drum (5,0)
Drum (5,1)
Drum (5,2)
Drum (5,3)