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AP Physics C - Mechanics
Simple Harmonic Motion
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· Energy of SHM
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· Spring and a Block · SHM and UCM · Simple and Physical Pendulums · Sinusoidal Nature of SHM
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Spring and a Block
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Slide 5 / 102 Periodic Motion
Periodic motion describes objects that oscillate about an equilibrium point. This can be a slow oscillation - like the earth
- rbiting the sun, returning to its starting place once a year. Or
very rapid oscillations such as alternating current or electric and magnetic fields. Simple harmonic motion is a periodic motion where there is a force that acts to restore an object to its equilibrium point - it acts opposite the force that moved the object away from equilibrium. The magnitude of this force is proportional to the displacement
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Slide 6 / 102 Simple Harmonic Motion
Simple harmonic motion is described by Hooke's Law. Robert Hooke was a brilliant scientist who helped survey and architect London after the Great Fire of London in 1666, built telescopes, vaccums, observed the planets, used microscopes to study cells (the name cell comes from Hooke's observations
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