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Oscillations
Authors: Papadogiannis, Nektarios
Bakarezos, Efthymios
Reviewer: Benis, Emmanouil
Subject: NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > GENERAL PHYSICS
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Abstract:
This chapter introduces the concept of periodic motion and harmonic motion. The basic quantities describing harmonic motions, such as period, frequency, amplitude of oscillation and initial phase, are analyzed. The equation describing simple harmonic oscillation is derived with the help of the analogue of the rotating vector. Hooke's law is deduced through Newton's second law, and the connection between the period and the mass of the motion and the elastic constant is established. The example of the simple pendulum is given and the period of the oscillation is deduced using the small oscillation approximation. Then simple harmonic oscillations are studied in terms of mechanical energy (kinetic and dynamic). The superposition of oscillations in one and two dimensions is also studied. The concept of damped harmonic oscillation and half-life is introduced. Finally, the concept of forced oscillation, with harmonic driving, and the phenomenon of resonance is introduced.
Linguistic Editors: Nika, Eleni
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 22-10-2015
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License: Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/192
Bibliographic Reference: Papadogiannis, N., & Bakarezos, E. (2015). Oscillations [Chapter]. In Papadogiannis, N., & Bakarezos, E. 2015. Wave Physics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/192
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Wave Physics
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions