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Unforced, Damped, Simple Harmonic Motion

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This Demonstration illustrates unforced, damped, simple harmonic motion using the standard mass and spring setup. By manipulating the mass, Hooke's constant, and the damping coefficient parameters, you can observe the phenomenon of critical dampening.

Contributed by: John Erickson, Chicago State University (March 2009)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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