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Why is simple harmonic motion called so?
Is the motion of a simple pendulum, a simple harmonic motion? It stops vibrating after sometime.
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Determining the frequency of a ruler laying on two spinning cylinders [closed]
I am stuck on this homework problem. Any help would be appreciated, even if it's a push in the right direction.
A ruler of mass m = 75g and L = 3.0 meters is placed so that it is exactly balanced ...
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How do I account for the direction of friction acting on a spring?
I would like to set up the equations of motion for a simple spring oscillator.
Let's have a spring lying horizontally; we attach a small mass $m$ to the (massless) spring.
The force of the spring ...
