044 - Simple Harmonic Motion

In this video Paul Andersen explains how simple harmonic motion occurs when a restoring force returns an object toward equilibrium. The two types of harmonic motion studied in AP Physics are the mass spring oscillator and the simple pendulum. The period of a mass spring increases as the mass of the object increases and decreases as the spring constant increases. In a simple pendulum the period increases as the length increases and decreases with an increase in the gravitational field strength.

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Alexandrov, Oleg. Illustration of a en:Simple Harmonic Oscillator, June 2, 2007. self-made with en:Matlab. Converted to gif animation with the en:ImageMagick convert tool (see the specific command later in the code). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil....
“Masses & Springs.” PhET. Accessed July 15, 2014. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulatio....
“Pendulum Lab.” PhET. Accessed July 15, 2014. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulatio....
Stündle. Deutsch: Animation Einer Pendelschwingung, June 17, 2011. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil....