PHY 215 Study Guide - Final Guide: Elastic Energy, Angular Frequency, Damping Ratio
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Angular frequency of a simple harmonic oscillator, or the natural frequency. Solution for a harmonic oscillator with multiple bodies attached. The secular equation for finding normal modes of a harmonic oscillator system. General equation of motion for an oscillator with damping. If this is true, the oscillator is underdamped. This is true if an oscillator is overdamped. This is true if an oscillator is critically damped. Formula got resonant frequency, or the driving frequency that maximizes amplitude. Equation of motion for a pendulum undergoing small oscillations. The angular frequency of a simple pendulum undergoing small oscillations. V^2/2 +gz+p/rho=constant, z=height of a point along the streamline, p=pressure, rho=density. Elastic potential energy stored in a spring of force constant k is u = A force is conservative if the work that it does on a particle between two points is path-independent (i. e. gravity, coulombic)
