1. Lesson 1 - Oscillations Harmonic Motion Circular Motion
Simple Harmonic Oscillators
Linear - Horizontal/Vertical Mass-Spring Systems
Energy of Simple Harmonic Motion

2. Math Prereqs

3. Identities

4. Math Prereqs
Example:

5. Harmonic

6. Relation to circular motion

7. Horizontal mass-spring
Frictionless
Hooke’s Law:

8. Solutions to differential equations
Guess a solution
Plug the guess into the differential equation
You will have to take a derivative or two
Check to see if your solution works.
Determine if there are any restrictions (required conditions).
If the guess works, your guess is a solution, but it might not be the only one.
Look at your constants and evaluate them using initial conditions or boundary conditions.

9. Our guess

10. Definitions
Amplitude - (A) Maximum value of the displacement (radius of circular motion). Determined by initial displacement and velocity.
Angular Frequency (Velocity) - (w) Time rate of change of the phase.
Period - (T) Time for a particle/system to complete one cycle.
Frequency - (f) The number of cycles or oscillations completed in a period of time
Phase - (wt + f) Time varying argument of the trigonometric function.
Phase Constant - (f) Initial value of the phase. Determined by initial displacement and velocity.

11. The restriction on the solution

12. The constant – phase angle

13. Energy in the SHO

14. Average Energy in the SHO

15. Example
A mass of 200 grams is connected to a light spring that has a spring constant (k) of 5.0 N/m and is free to oscillate on a horizontal, frictionless surface. If the mass is displaced 5.0 cm from the rest position and released from rest find:
a) the period of its motion,
b) the maximum speed and
c) the maximum acceleration of the mass.
d) the total energy
e) the average kinetic energy
f) the average potential energy

16. Damped Oscillations
“Dashpot”
Equation of Motion
Solution

18. Damped frequency oscillation
B - Critical damping (=)
C - Over damped (>)

19. Giancoli 14-55
A 750 g block oscillates on the end of a spring whose force constant is k = 56.0 N/m. The mass moves in a fluid which offers a resistive force F = -bv where b = N-s/m.
What is the period of the motion? What if there had been no damping?
What is the fractional decrease in amplitude per cycle?
Write the displacement as a function of time if at t = 0, x = 0; and at t = 1.00 s, x = m.
55.(a) The angular frequency for the damped motion is
w¢ = [(k/m) – (b2/4m2)]1/2
= {[(56.0 N/m)/(0.750 kg)] – [(0.162 N · s/m)2/4(0.750 kg)2]}1/2 = 8.64 s–1.
The period is
T = 2p/w¢ = 2p/(8.64 s–1) = s.
(b) We evaluate the factor
b/2m = (0.162 N · s/m)/2(0.750 kg) = /s.
The amplitude is proportional to e –bt/2m. The fractional decrease over one period is
fractional decrease = [e –bt/2m – e –b(t + T)/2m]/e –bt/2m = 1 – e –bT/2m
= 1 – e – (0.108 /s)(0.727 s) =
(c) The general expression for the displacement is
x = Ae –bt/2m cos (w¢t + f).
We use the given data to evaluate the constants:
0 = Ae –0 cos f, which gives f = – p/2, or we can change to a sine function.
0.120 m = Ae – (0.108 /s)(1.00 s) sin [(8.64 s–1)(1.00 s)], which gives A = m.
Thus the displacement is
x = (0.189 m)e – (0.108 /s)t sin [(8.64 s–1)t].

20. Forced vibrations

21. Resonance
Natural frequency

22. Quality (Q) value Q describes the sharpness of the resonance peak
Low damping give a large Q
High damping gives a small Q
Q is inversely related to the fraction width of the resonance peak at the half max amplitude point.

23. Tacoma Narrows Bridge

24. Tacoma Narrows Bridge (short clip)