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Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3rd edition Fishbane Gasiorowicz Thornton
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Here, is the angular frequency, and is the phase angle (which sets the position at t = 0)
For = 0:
angular frequency
phase angle
Derived quantities:
Period:
(13-2)
Frequency:
(13-3,5)
As in simple harmonic motion, acceleration is proportional to the negative of the displacement, and has a similar solution, with
(13-16)
As usual,
(13-19)
(13-21)
The total energy varies from being all potential (at extremes of motion) to all kinetic (when spring is neither stretched nor compressed):
Tangential acceleration:
(13-28)
Substituting,
(13-30)
This is almost a harmonic-oscillator equation, but the right-hand side has sin instead of .
(13-35)
(13-39)
(13-41)
(13-42)
(13-48)
This is critical damping, and the value of b for which this occurs is bc:
(13-49)
Test solution:
(13-53)
(13-54)
Amplitude is maximum when = 0 Must be some damping, or amplitude would become infinite
Summary of Chapter 13
Simple harmonic motion in one dimension:
(13-1a)
Simple pendulum exhibits simple harmonic when angular displacement is small, with period:
(13-26)