
Periodic motion, in physics, motion repeated in equal intervals of time. Periodic motion is performed, for example, by a rocking chair, a bouncing ball, a vibrating tuning fork, a swing in motion, the Earth in its orbit around the Sun, and a water wave. ... Waves that can be represented by sine curves are periodic.
Periodic motion refers to any type of repeated motion. Simple harmonic motion refers to types of periodic motion where there is a restoring force which is proportional to the displacement. Non harmonic motion refers to any type of repeated motion.
simple harmonic motion, in physics, repetitive movement back and forth through an equilibrium, or central, position, so that the maximum displacement on one side of this position is equal to the maximum displacement on the other side.
The differential equation for linear SHM of a particle of mass 2g is d2xdt2+16x=0.
The acceleration of a particle executing simple harmonic motion is given by, a(t) = -ω2 x(t). Here, ω is the angular velocity of the particle.
Define displacement, amplitude, mean position, and extremes in simple harmonic motion; relate time period, frequency, angular frequency, and phase to X = A sin(ωt + φ).
Explore free oscillations where systems vibrate at their natural frequency, damped oscillations due to friction with decaying amplitude, and forced oscillations from external periodic forces that sustain motion.
Cutting a spring into parts makes each piece's constant scale with total length over its length, enabling quick calculation of k1, k2, k3 from L1, L2, L3.
Derives the acceleration in simple harmonic motion from x = a cos(omega t) starting from extreme position, shows velocity and acceleration by differentiation, and highlights values ± a omega^2.
Calculate the effective gravity for a simple pendulum by resolving gravity and applied acceleration into perpendicular components to form g_eff, then use T = 2π sqrt(L / g_eff).
Explore how displacement in simple harmonic motion varies with starting position, comparing mean and extreme starts, and linking phase, amplitude, and the sine/cosine representations.
Examine anti-parallel spring configurations and the reduced mass system to derive effective constants and oscillation periods. Apply the series and reduced mass formulas to two-spring and two-mass setups.
Explore velocity values in simple harmonic motion, deriving v = ω√(a^2 − x^2) and noting maximum speed at the mean position (ωa) and zero velocity at the turning points.
Explore how springs in series share force, sum their extensions, and derive the equivalent spring constant from 1/k_eq = 1/k1 + 1/k2 for multiple springs.
Derive velocity in simple harmonic motion by differentiating displacement, yielding v = a ω cos(ω t); the velocity graph is a cosine with max ±a ω, starting at mean position.
Explore the graphical representation of displacement from the extreme position in shm, using x = A cos(omega t + phi) with amplitude A and phase zero, yielding a cosine waveform.
Derives the acceleration in simple harmonic motion starting from the mean position, showing a negative sine graph, and explains plotting acceleration versus time from displacement and velocity.
Explore the principle of superposition of simple harmonic motion, showing how two oscillations combine into a resultant displacement via vector addition, with amplitude given by sqrt(X1^2+X2^2+2X1X2 cos phi) and phase difference phi.
Explore how simple harmonic motion arises from the projection of uniform circular motion, linking displacement, velocity, and acceleration with x = A cos(ωt+φ) and a = -ω^2 x.
Explore a horizontal spring-mass system demonstrating harmonic motion driven by a restoring force proportional to minus displacement. The lecture derives the time period in terms of mass and spring constant.
Learn how parallel springs increase stiffness to K_eq = K1 + K2, with restoring forces F1 = K1 x and F2 = K2 x summing to drive oscillations.
Explore potential energy in simple harmonic motion, with U = 1/2 k x^2 and zero energy at mean position, rising to U = 1/2 m ω^2 A^2 at extremes.
Identify simple harmonic motion by locating the equilibrium position and applying a small displacement. Verify that the restoring force is proportional to minus displacement, with a constant k, confirming SHM.
Explore forced oscillations driven by an external periodic force, define resonance, and illustrate with swing and bridge examples, then introduce coupled oscillations through energy transfer between connected springs.
Explore kinetic energy in harmonic oscillations, linking E_k = 1/2 m v^2 to v^2 = ω^2(A^2 − x^2) and noting energy at mean position is maximum and zero at extremes.
Classical waves are described as a disturbance that transfers energy from point to point in a medium. ... Space is a vacuum; there is no conducting medium in space through which light travels. Light waves still transfer energy and momentum, though, just as classical waves do.
The lecture derives stationary waves on a string fixed at both ends using the superposition of two waves, one reflected with a 180-degree phase shift, revealing nodes and standing-wave patterns.
Derive the formation of beats from the analytical superposition of two waves with slightly different frequencies traveling in the same direction, showing waxing and waning via constructive and destructive interference.
Beats are used in tuning musical instruments like sitar, violin, etc. ... In the Sonometer experiment, beats can be used to adjust the vibrating length between the two bridges. To find the frequency (N) of the given tuning fork beats can be used. Detection of harmful gases in mines.
Speed of sound increases in proportion to humidity in air. Humidity has a small but significant effect on speed of sound (causing it to increase by about 0.1%-0.6%), the reason being oxygen and nitrogen molecules of the air are replaced by lighter molecules of water.
Explore how wind speed and direction, via the wind-sound angle, change the apparent speed of sound, and how frequency affects wavelength while amplitude remains largely constant.
They are produced due to the interference of two identical progressive waves traveling along the same path but in opposite directions.
They move neither forward nor backward.
In a stationary wave, the energy is not transported from one point to another.
In a standing wave, the motion of the particles is non- transferrable but in a progressive wave, the motion is easily transferred to the particles in the forward direction. For stationary waves, the energy is confined within the medium while progressive wave permits propagation of energy through the medium.
The lecture shows that the speed of sound in gases increases with temperature, since v is proportional to square root of temperature from ideal gas law, at 0°C and 27°C.
The Doppler effect, or Doppler shift, describes the changes in frequency of any kind of sound or light wave produced by a moving source with respect to an observer.
‘Beats’ is an interesting phenomenon arising from interference of waves. When two harmonic sound waves of close (but not equal) frequencies are heard at the same time, we hear a sound of similar frequency (the average of two close frequencies), but we hear something else also.
We hear audibly distinct waxing and waning of the intensity of the sound, with a frequency equal to the difference in the two close
frequencies. Artists use this phenomenon often while tuning their instruments with each other. They go on tuning until their sensitive ears do not detect any beats.
A wave motion travels at the same speed in all directions in the given medium. ... During a wave motion, energy is transferred from one point of the medium to another. There is no transfer of matter through the medium.
A transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular (or right angled) to the direction of energy transfer. If a transverse wave is moving in the positive x-direction, its oscillations are in up and down directions that lie in the y–z plane. Light is an example of a transverse wave.
The Intensity of waves (called Irradiance in Optics) is defined as the power delivered per unit area. The unit of Intensity will be W.m-2. The wave energy comes from the simple harmonic motion of its particles. ... The quantity Aω is the maximum transverse speed of the particles, so it has m.s-1.
Considering a plane progressive harmonic wave, the displacement of a sinusoidal wave traveling in the x-direction (positive) is mentioned below: y = a sin(kx – ωt + φ) Here, 'a' denotes the amplitude of the wave, angular wave number is denoted by 'k', whereas 'ω' is the angular frequency.
n an ideal gas approximation, air pressure has no role to play in deciding the speed of sound because pressure and density both contribute to the velocity of sound equally and thus cancels each other out. Hence, Air pressure has no effect on sound speed.
Mechanical longitudinal waves are also called compressional or compression waves, because they produce compression and rarefaction when traveling through a medium, and pressure waves, because they produce increases and decreases in pressure.
Analyze the kinetic energy of a transverse wave on a rope, using tension and linear density to derive energy per unit displacement and compare it with potential energy.
Explore Laplace correction for the speed of sound in gases, contrasting adiabatic versus isothermal conditions, derive gamma as Cp/Cv, and connect to air properties and density.
Explore mechanical waves, focusing on transverse waves, their dependence on a material medium, crest and trough, lambda wavelength, and perpendicular vibration with examples like sound and water waves.
Explore phase and phase difference in oscillations and waves, linking phase to time and position via angular velocity, wave number, wavelength, and crest and trough structure.
Explore vibrating strings fixed at both ends and learn how the fundamental frequency depends on length, tension, linear density, mass per length, and diameter through five proportional laws.
Calculate power in a transverse wave as work per unit time, linking energy, velocity, and wave parameters. Derive the energy expression using amplitude, angular frequency, and linear density.
Explore vibrations of an air column in a pipe closed at one end, deriving fundamental and higher odd harmonics, nodes and antinodes, and how frequency relates to length and speed.
Study standing waves on a string fixed at both ends, showing fundamental and higher harmonics and the relation f_n = n f1.
Learn how the speed of a transverse wave on a string depends on tension and linear density, deriving v = sqrt(T/μ) and applying it to string media.
Compute the total energy per unit displacement in a transverse wave by adding potential and kinetic energies per unit displacement. Apply this to strings, ropes, and wires.
Explore the speed of longitudinal waves in fluids and solids, linking v to bulk modulus and density, with v = sqrt(K/ρ) for fluids and v_L = sqrt((K+4G/3)/ρ) for solids.
Explore mechanical waves that require a medium, such as sound, and electromagnetic waves that travel in vacuum, including longitudinal and transverse modes and the role of electric and magnetic fields.
Description
This course is on the topic of Oscillations, SHM, Waves.
Its covers simple harmonic motion, parallel axis theorem, Rolling kinetic energy.
Course Content
Periodic motion
Harmonic and non-harmonic motion
Simple Harmonic Motion
Differential Equation of linear SHM
Acceleration for SHM
Some important terms
Velocity in SHM
Displacement in SHM
Different values of Velocity in SHM
Different Values of displacement
Relation Between SHM and UCM
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Total Energy
Graphical Representation of Displacement From Extreme Position
Graphical Representation of Displacement
Graphical representation of displacement from extreme position(Reshoot)
Graphical representation of Velocity from extreme position
Graphical representation of acceleration from extreme position
Graphical representation of displacement from mean position
Graphical representation of velocity from mean position
How to Prove SHM
Horizontal Spring Mass System
Vertical Spring Mass System
Spring Mass System in Lift
Graphical representation of acceleration from mean position
Series combination of springs
Parallel combination of springs
Principle of superposition of SHM
Spring mass system in electric field
Spring mass system in liquid
Spring mass system in partially immersed liquid
Anti parallel combination and Reduced mass system
Cutting of Springs
SHM in a tunnel that passes through diameter
SHM in a tunnel at any random point
Oscillation of liquid in a U shaped tube
Simple Pendulum
SHM in a Simple Pendulum
Time period of a simple pendulum
Calculate effective acceleration due to gravity
Free Oscillations, Damped Oscillations and Forced Oscillations
Resonant oscillation and coupled oscillations
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