Mechanical Oscillations

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Observations of a forced oscillator, physical and mathematical modeling of its dynamics, and comparisons between predicted and actual behavior.
Authors: William Siegmann, William Boyce, Kevin Craig, Jessica Cavanaugh, Karen Leary, Celal Tufekci, Jeongmin Lee, Christine Goering
Keywords: differential equations, mechanical oscillations, spring, mass, damper, damping, forced, forcing
Learning Level: college
Platform: Project Links base technical requirements
Applets: Sine + Cosine, Beats, AF Plotter, Damped Forced Spring Mass, Undamped Forced Spring Mass
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In this module, you will:
  • Visualize and explore superposition of waves to synthesize wave forms.
  • Introduce the concept of the spectrum of a function.
  • Examine specific wave forms and their decomposition.
  • Understand the error in truncating a series representation of a periodic function.
Authors: Mike Malak, Joe Haus, Karen Cummings, Russ Dubisch
Keywords:
Learning Level: college
Platform: Project Links base technical requirements
Applets: Simple Fourier Synthesis, Fourier Synthesis with Continuously Variable Amplitudes, Fourier Synthesis with Variable Number of Components
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Observations of a linear pendulums, physical and mathematical modeling of its dynamics, and comparisons between predicted and actual behavior.
Authors: William Siegmann, William Boyce, Kevin Craig, Christine Goering
Keywords: differential equations
Learning Level: College
Platform: Project Links base technical requirements
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Observations of systems with two masses and three springs, physical and mathematical modeling of their dynamics, comparisons between predicted and actual behavior, and extensions to systems with more masses and springs.
Authors: William Siegmann, William Boyce, Kevin Craig, Les Rubenfeld, Peter Olson
Keywords: differential equations
Learning Level: College
Platform: Project Links base technical requirements
Applets:
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Observations of a non-linear pendulums, physical and mathematical modeling of its dynamics, and comparisons between predicted and actual behavior.
Authors: William Siegmann, William Boyce, Kevin Craig, Christine Goering
Keywords: differential equations
Learning Level: College
Platform: Project Links base technical requirements
Applets:
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Observations of a mass-spring system, physical and mathematical modeling of its dynamics, and comparisons between predicted and actual behavior.
Authors: William Siegmann, William Boyce, Kevin Craig, James Fairweather, Brian Griglak, Celal Tufekci, Karen Leary, Jessica Cavanaugh, Jeongmin Lee, Franklin Turner, Rahul Kulkarni, Laura Gross, Christine Goering, Sean Russell
Keywords: differential equations, mechanical oscillations, spring, mass, damper, damping
Learning Level: college
Platform: Project Links base technical requirements
Applets: Undamped Spring Mass, Damped Spring Mass, Sine + Cosine
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Observations of a spring pendulum system, physical and mathematical modeling of its dynamics, and comparisons between predicted and actual behavior.
Authors: William Siegmann, William Boyce, Kevin Craig, Gregor Kovacic, Billie Rinaldi, Greg Pavliotis
Keywords: differential equations
Learning Level: college
Platform: Project Links base technical requirements
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Interactive simulation of the vibrating string; comparison with experimental data. Interactive derivation of the solution of the wave equation for the vibrating string.
Authors: Gregor Kovacic, Robert Degeneff, Steve Braun, Billie Rinaldi
Keywords: differential equations
Learning Level: college
Platform: Project Links base technical requirements
Applets:
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