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Simple Harmonic Motion Concept

Demonstrations in Simple Harmonic Motion

Motor on wooden block with white ball on rotating shaft, spring-mass system hanging from horizontal rod between bench clamp stands, fiber optic lamp at left, blue Radiotrol speed control box in front, white backdrop behind

Linear and Rotating Motion

A motorized rotating ball is synchronized with a mass-spring oscillator to show that SHM is the projection of uniform circular motion. A lamp casts shadows of both onto a backdrop, …
Angular acceleration machine with aluminum disc and metal arm mounted on a wooden block, secured to table with Irwin Quick-Grip clamps; a string from the axle suspends a brass mass

Asymmetric Oscillator

Demonstrates coupled rotational and translational motion in an asymmetric system. Students observe how removing one mass from the angular acceleration machine creates two unstable equilibrium positions at different potential energies, …

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