Bell Labs Wave Machine - Impedance Matching (3B25.10)
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The long and short rod sections of the wave machine can either be connected abruptly (unmatched coupling) or with a section of gradually lengthening rods (matched coupling).
See the main Bell Labs Wave Machine page for references.