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Mass on a Spring: Simple Harmonic Oscillator
This Demonstration lets you vary the mass and spring constant for a mass hanging on a spring. The physical motion is shown, along with the graphs of displacement, velocity, and acceleration versus time.
Contributed by:
George Lejnine
and
Aaron Noble
Based on a program by:
Kenny F. Stephens II
Modified by:
George Lejnine
Suggested by:
Aaron Noble
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RELATED LINKS
Simple Harmonic Motion of a Spring
(
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
)
Simple Harmonic Oscillator
(
ScienceWorld
)
Spring
(
ScienceWorld
)
PERMANENT CITATION
"
Mass on a Spring: Simple Harmonic Oscillator
" from
the Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MassOnASpringSimpleHarmonicOscillator/
Contributed by:
George Lejnine
and
Aaron Noble
Based on a program by:
Kenny F. Stephens II
Modified by:
George Lejnine
Suggested by:
Aaron Noble
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