Cpuld someone tell me in simple terms the meaning of SHM?
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What is SHM?
Started by ciamarathathu, Nov 08 2006 03:31 PM
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Posted 08 November 2006 - 06:25 PM
SHM stands for simple harmonic motion. Simple harmonic motion is when you have an object that has a periodic motion (motion repeats after a period of time), and the unbalanced force (and so acceleration) is proportional to the displacement of the object. The acceleration acts in the opposite direction, i.e. tries to bring it back to the equilibrium position. An example is a pendulum. I believe that this is described mathematically by a second order differential equation, but I've not looked into that yet so I can't help you there I'm afraid.
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Posted 08 November 2006 - 08:05 PM
We are doing this at school just now, and there are so many different formulas I get so confused which one to use???
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