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This student activity uses a Java applet to show the relationship between simple harmonic motion and constant velocity circular motion. The applet features three parts: 1) A particle undergoing circular motion at a constant rate; 2) The same particle on a vertical spring; and 3) A graph that plots the time evolution of the system, resulting in a sine wave.
Editor's Note: This resource is especially appropriate for high school physics, as it contains step-by-step instructions and a question set designed to probe student understanding. It gives the beginning student a highly visual pathway to see how the acceleration vectors of the two particles are related, which will be beneficial when they learn to calculate angular frequency. This is part of a larger collection of applet-based learning activities.
Harmonic Oscillator
Author: Dileep Sathe People interested in the above topic may find my following Letters to the Editor of Physics Education / UK / March 2001, p. 168, Force on a pendulum and Physics Education / UK / March 2003, p. 177, A problem in SHM. Contact me, if necessary, on +91=020=65100495 or dvsathe[at]gmail.com
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=8334">Walkup, John. Web Assignments: Harmonic Oscillator I. October 21, 2007.</a>
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J. Walkup, (2003), WWW Document, (http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/HarmonicMotion001.htm).
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J. Walkup, Web Assignments: Harmonic Oscillator I (2003), <http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/HarmonicMotion001.htm>.
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Walkup, J. (2007, October 21). Web Assignments: Harmonic Oscillator I. Retrieved March 17, 2025, from http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/HarmonicMotion001.htm
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Walkup, John. Web Assignments: Harmonic Oscillator I. October 21, 2007. http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/HarmonicMotion001.htm (accessed 17 March 2025).
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Walkup, John. Web Assignments: Harmonic Oscillator I. 2003. 21 Oct. 2007. 17 Mar. 2025 <http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/HarmonicMotion001.htm>.
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Author = "John Walkup",
Title = {Web Assignments: Harmonic Oscillator I},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {17 March 2025},
Month = {October 21, 2007},
Year = {2003}
}
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