Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Simple harmonic motion
  2: Simple harmonic motion: graph and equation
  3: Spreadsheet: modeling simple harmonic motion
  4: Period and frequency
  5: Angular frequency
  6: Amplitude
  7: Interactive problem: match the curve
  8: Phase and phase constant
  9: Sample problem: graph equation
10: Velocity
11: Interactive checkpoint: particle speed
12: Acceleration
13: SHM equations and calculus
14: Sample problem: calculating period from acceleration
15: Summary of simple harmonic motion
16: Simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion
17: Period, spring constant, and mass
18: Interactive problem: match the curve again
19: Sample problem: isolation platform
20: Work and the potential energy of a spring
21: Total energy
22: Derivation: SHM total energy
23: Interactive checkpoint: spring energy and period
24: Sample problem: falling block on a spring
25: A torsional pendulum
26: A simple pendulum
27: Derivation: small angle approximation
28: Derivation: the period of a simple pendulum
29: Interactive problem: a pendulum
30: Period of a physical pendulum
31: Sample problem: meter-stick pendulum
32: Damped oscillations
33: Mathematics of damped oscillations
34: Interactive checkpoint: damping
35: Forced oscillations and resonance
36: Amplitude of forced oscillations
37: Gotchas
38: Summary

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