2nd year of post-compulsory secondary education
Simple Harmonic Movement
Carlos Campos Álvarez
SHM 
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Introduction to the Simple Harmonic Movement

 
This page is for the student to observe the representation of the Simple Harmonic Movement (S.H.M. from now on), identifying the principle magnitudes which intervene, and visualizing the values of these in different cases, as well as the variations which they experience at different instants and positions.

OBJECTIVES
  • To identify the S.H.M. as a periodic, oscillatory and vibratory movement.
  • To visualize a body which describes an S.H.M.
  • To define and identify the principle physical magnitudes which intervene in an S.H.M.
  • To visualize and interact with the graphs which represent these magnitudes.
  • To visualize the relation which exists between the S.H.M. and the Uniform Circular Movement.
  • Introduction
    Definitions
    Representing the S.H.M.
    The kinematics of an S.H.M.
    Position
    Velocity
    Acceleration
    S.H.M. and Uniform Circular Movement
    Phase
    Conclusions
    The dynamics of an S.H.M.
    Elastic force
    Frequency
    Conclusions
    The energy of an S.H.M.
    Conservation of energy
    Graphic representation
    Conclusions
    Evaluation
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