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Simple Harmonic Motion. AP Physics C Mrs. Coyle. Periodic Motion. A motion of an object that repeats with a constant period. http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/ajb/e71/lab1/. Simple Harmonic Motion. It is a periodic motion. AND
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Simple Harmonic Motion AP Physics CMrs. Coyle
Periodic Motion • A motion of an object that repeats with a constant period. http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/ajb/e71/lab1/
SimpleHarmonicMotion • It is aperiodic motion. AND • It has a restoringforce thatacts to restore the oscillator to equilibrium. The restoring force is given by: Hooke’s Law F=-kx x is the displacement from equilibrium and k is the force constant (spring constant). • The period of SHM oscillator does not depend on the amplitude.
Simple Harmonic Motion Simulations http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=mininav&bcsId=3606&itemId=0471758019&assetId=111700&resourceId=10211 -SHM -Particle oscillating in SHM
Calculating k from a F vs x Graph • k is the slope of a F vs x graph
Remember: • For springs in series: 1/keff = 1/k1 + 1/k2 • For springs in parallel: keff = k1 + k2
Acceleration in Simple Harmonic Motion • Acceleration • Let • a = -w2x
Characteristic Quantities of Simple Harmonic Motion • Displacement • Amplitude: maximum displacement • Frequency • Period • f=1/T T=1/f
SimpleHarmonicMotion • Velocity: • maximum as it passes through equilibrium • zero as it passes through the extreme positions in its oscillation. • Acceleration: a=F/m = -kx/m -maximum at extreme points -zero at equilibrium
Equations of Motion-Displacement • x=Asin(wt +f) or x=Acos(wt +f) • x=-Asin(wt +f) x=-Acos(wt +f) • w=angular frequency, rad/s • f is the phase constant
Example x • What is the amplitude? • What is the period? • c) What total distance does the particle travel in one period?
Example x Write the equation of motion for the above oscillator. Answer: x=-0.5sin(πt)
Note • The acceleration is not constant and therefore the kinematics equations cannot be used.There are two options: • Use conservation of mechanical energy to find v at a given position. E= ½ mv2 + ½ kx2 = constant or 2. Take the first derivative of x (equation of motion) to find v and the second derivative to find a.
The velocity is 90o out of phase with the displacement The acceleration is 180o out of phase with the displacement Graphs of SHM
Example 1 • t = 0 x (0)= A v (0) = 0 • f= 0 • amax =± w2A vmax = ± wA
Example 2 • t = 0 x (0)=0 v (0) = vi f = - p/2 • The graph is shifted one-quarter cycle to the right compared to the graph of x (0) = A
Period of A Spring Mass Oscillator ____ • T=2p√m/k • m mass • k spring constant • T does not depend on g • The period is smaller for a stiffer spring (large values of k).
Harmonic Motion of a Pendulum • http://www3.interscience.wiley.com:8100/legacy/college/halliday/0471320005/simulations6e/index.htm?newwindow=true • Period ___ T=2p√L/g • L=length of string • T depends on g L
Question • If you had a spring-mass system on the moon, would the period be the same or different than that of this system on the earth? • What if it were a pendulum system?