Concept — Duration of a complete oscillation and number of oscillations per second.
Present in chapters
04b·16
Linked atoms
35 linked atoms.
04 Energy and work
04b Oscillations and simple harmonic motion
- Worked example — Seconds pendulum
- Worked example — Compound pendulum
- Worked example — Pendulum on Mars
- The solution: sine and cosine
- Small oscillations and the period of the pendulum
- Problem — Amplitude and period of a swing
- Problem — Glass of water on a swing
- Problem — From measurements of a damped oscillation to Q
- Problem — Natural frequency of a skyscraper
- Problem — Double gravity
- Problem — Length of the seconds pendulum
- Problem — Mass hung on a spring suspension
- Problem — Simple harmonic oscillator (250 g)
- Problem — Pendulum that measures g
- Problem — Clock pendulum
- Problem — Non-isochronous pendulum
- Problem — Period and frequency of a mass-spring system
- Problem — Ranking springs and masses
- Problem — Ranking pendulums
- Problem — Vibrations of the Sun
16 Waves
- Sci-fi physics: sound ten times faster
- Harmonic wave function
- Wavelength of A4
- Wavelengths of three notes
- Standing waves
- Problem — Ultrasound wavelength in ultrasonography
- Problem — Reading lambda and T from a wave graph
- Problem — Wavelength at 440 Hz
- Problem — Wavelength on a string
- Problem — Why thunder arrives after lightning
- Problem — Ranking wavelengths in different media
- Problem — Speed of a sound wave
- Fermi estimate: lightning and thunder
- Fermi estimate: microphone feedback