College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
3A20.30 - Simple Harmonic Motion - Air Track & Hoop Springs
Set up is as indicated plus a variety of easy variations. Practice will be needed for the air track. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Film should also be on hand for this topic.
- Zhiwei Chong, "A Qualitative Analysis of Simple Harmonic Motion", TPT, Vol. 62, #3, March 2024, p. 199.
- Andreas Valadakis, "Author's Response", TPT, Vol. 52, #9, Dec. 2017, p. 517.
- Eugene Hecht, "A Cautionary Note On Operationally Defining Force and Mass", TPT, Vol. 55, #9, Dec. 2017, p. 516.
- Andreas Valadakis, "Mechanics from Scratch", TPT, Vol. 52, # 1, Jan. 2014, p. 49.
- Daniel Hoyt, "More on Damped Oscillators", TPT, Vol. 43, # 4, Apr. 2005, p. 196 - 197.
- M. I. Molina, "Authors Response", TPT, Vol. 43, # 4, Apr. 2005, p. 197.
- M. I. Molina, "Exponential Versus Linear Amplitude Decay in Damped Oscillators", TPT, Vol. 42, # 8, Nov. 2004, p. 485.
- Clifton Bob Clark and Clifford E. Swartz, "Analytic Solution for Oscillator Friction", TPT, Vol. 34, # 9, Dec. 1996, p. 550.
- R. R. Boedeker, "Vertical and Horizontal Harmonic Oscillators: An Air to Understanding", TPT, Vol. 27, # 5, May 1989, p. 378.
- John Sherfinski, "The Nonlinear Spring and Energy Conservation", TPT, Vol. 27, # 7, Oct. 1989, p. 552.
- A. Filipponi, D.R. Cavicchia, "Anharmonic Dynamics of a Mass O-Spring Oscillator", AJP, Vol. 79, # 7, July 2011, p. 730.
- Mx - 7: Freier and Anderson, A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
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