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Math 5900 – Summer 2011 Lecture 1: Simple Harmonic Oscillations Gernot Laicher University of Utah - Department of Physics & Astronomy.

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1 Math 5900 – Summer 2011 Lecture 1: Simple Harmonic Oscillations Gernot Laicher University of Utah - Department of Physics & Astronomy

2 Newton's Second Law

3 Acceleration

4 Velocity

5 Hook’s Law

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7 The system can be described with Newton’s second law as follows: Differential equation (“Second Order”: Contains second derivative; “Linear”: The function and its derivatives appear as powers of 1)

8 Solution to this differential equation: Note: Alternatively, we could also have written the general solution in a different but equivalent form:

9 Reinserting solution into DE:

10 The amplitude A is determined by the initial conditions of the system (at “t=0”) and the resonance frequency  : The phase angle  is similarly determined by these initial conditions and the resonance frequency  as follows: f: frequency of oscillation T: period of oscillation A: amplitude of oscillation

11 Net restoring force directly proportional to displacement DE of that same form Simple harmonic (sinusoidal) oscillations In our example:  : fixed by k and m A and  imposed by the initial conditions Note: Changing  is equivalent to shifting the time when t=0

12 Spring Constantk=0.6N/m Massm=2kg AmplitudeA=1.2m Phase  0 degree s  0.54772 3s Frequencyf= 0.08717 3Hz Period  11.4714 7s Example:

13 Energy of the oscillating mass (assuming no losses due to friction) Elastic Potential Energy: Total Energy: Kinetic Energy:

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