Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Oscillation

HW 1: Due on Wednesday, April 16

Read Sections 10.1, 10.5-- Hooke's Law, Simple Harmonic Motion

Do Chapter 10 Problems 1, 11, 16, 59, 67, 71

Hw 2: Due on Friday, April 18

Read Sections 10.6-10.8-- Restoring Force and Damping

Due: Chapter 10 Problems 83, 92, 93, 95, 101

HW 3: Due on Tuesday, April 22 Happy Earth Day!!

Dig around a little and find a mathematical expression for the elastic potential energy stored in a spring. Take the derivative of this expression with respect to displacement. What do you end up with? Does this make sense? Explain.

HW 4: Due on Thursday, April 24

Chapter 10, Problems 107,108

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HW 5: Due on Monday, April 28

Exploratorium Permission Slips PLEASE!!!!: Amary F, Casey Lent, BMC, Jake VG

Think about the total energy in the oscillating mass/spring system. There is obviously gravitational potential energy in this system. However, in terms of graphically demonstrating that energy is conserved... is it necessary to plot out a graph of gravitational potential energy? Think about a mass hanging on a spring-- where is the equilibrium point? How should we calculate the elastic potential energy with respect to this equilibrium point?