Code Number: 3A70.17

Demo Title: Coupled Oscillators - Pendulum and Mass-Spring Oscillator

References:

Blane Baker, Sungjune Park, "Demonstration to Show Resonant Oscillations of a Simple Pendulum Coupled to a Mass-Spring Oscillator", TPT, Vol. 59, #3, March 2021, p. 166.
J. G. Lipham, V. L. Pollak, "Constructing a "Misbehaving" Spring", AJP, Vol. 46, #1, Jan. 1978, p. 110.
F. Alsina Fuertes, "Magnetically Coupled Oscillating System", AJP, Vol. 28, #8, Nov. 1960, p. 744.

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3A70.17 - Coupled Oscillators - Pendulum and Mass-Spring Oscillator

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