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PhysClips: Simple Harmonic Motion
published by the University of New South Wales
written by Joe Wolfe
This web page provides a multimedia format for exploring simple harmonic motion.  It includes background material on the basics of SHM, Chladni patterns, phasor addition, Lissajous figures, and more complex waveforms. Short video clips, still images, graphs, and diagrams are integrated with text and lecture presentations to promote understanding of each concept.

This tutorial is part of the PhysClip collection of web-based resources on introductory mechanics, electricity, and magnetism.

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https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/mechanics/chapter4_simp...
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© 2006 School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.
Keywords:
Chladni, SHM, angular velocity, constructive interference, destructive interference, harmonic motion, harmonics, multimedia, sound spectrum, uniform circular motion
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4. The Physical Setting

4E. Energy Transformations
  • 9-12: 4E/H1. Although the various forms of energy appear very different, each can be measured in a way that makes it possible to keep track of how much of one form is converted into another. Whenever the amount of energy in one place diminishes, the amount in other places or forms increases by the same amount.
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J. Wolfe, (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2006), WWW Document, (https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/mechanics/chapter4_simpleharmonicmotion.html).
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J. Wolfe, PhysClips: Simple Harmonic Motion (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2006), <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/mechanics/chapter4_simpleharmonicmotion.html>.
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Wolfe, J. (2006). PhysClips: Simple Harmonic Motion. Retrieved May 17, 2024, from University of New South Wales: https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/mechanics/chapter4_simpleharmonicmotion.html
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Wolfe, Joe. PhysClips: Simple Harmonic Motion. Sydney: University of New South Wales, 2006. https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/mechanics/chapter4_simpleharmonicmotion.html (accessed 17 May 2024).
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Wolfe, Joe. PhysClips: Simple Harmonic Motion. Sydney: University of New South Wales, 2006. 17 May 2024 <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/mechanics/chapter4_simpleharmonicmotion.html>.
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