Chapter 4. Simple harmonic motion
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Background material for simple harmonic motion
SHM as a projection of circular motion. Displacement, velocity and acceleration, Chladni patterns and sinusoidal vibration. |
More about chladni patterns
Modes of vibration, nodes, naming of modes, examples on homogeneous plates and violin plate. |
AC circuits
Resisance, reactance and impedance. Capacitors and charging, inductors and the Faraday emf. Phasor sums in circuits. Resonance, bandwidth and Q factor, complex impedance. |
What is a sound spectrum?
Summing sine waves to produce a complex waveform, harmonics, Fourier synthesis.
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