PIRA 3A75.00 NORMAL MODES

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
3A75.00Normal Modes
3A75.10coupled harmonic oscillatorsPIRA 500
3A75.10coupled harmonic oscillators3A75.10Many identical air track gliders are coupled with springs and driven with a variable frequency motor.
3A75.10coupled harmonic oscillatorsAJP 31(12),915Article on identical spring coupled air gliders includes theory.
3A75.10coupled harmonic oscillatorsMx-14Several identical air track gliders are coupled with identical springs.
3A75.10coupled harmonic oscillators11-1.17A driven chain of air gliders and springs. Big write up.
3A75.11coupled harmonic oscillators11-1.16Five blocks coupled with coil springs ride in an air trough.
3A75.12coupled harmonic oscillatorsAJP 35(11),1065A six meter chain of air supported pucks connected by a slinky.
3A75.12coupled harmonic oscillators10-2.18Six meters of dry ice pucks on a driven slinky.
3A75.30masses on a stringPIRA 1000
3A75.30masses on a stringS-19Clamp 1,2,3, or 4 equal masses to a variably driven wire to show normal modes.
3A75.31weighted string18-7.2Small lead weights on a string driven by a large motor show the lower normal modes of a many body system.
3A75.40bifilar pendulum modesPIRA 1000
3A75.40bifilar pendulum15-8.2All three modes of oscillation are discussed for horizontal rods supported with bifilar suspensions.
3A75.40bifilar pendulum15-8.1Discusses two of three modes - transverse in the plane of the cords and twisting.
3A75.45selsyn motor pendula15-10.15Pendula are hung from the shafts of two selsyn motors. The second mode can be demonstrated.
3A75.50double pendulum15-10.6Normal modes of a two pendula spring coupled driven system.
3A75.80exposing normal modesAJP 45(9),882When two modes are simultaneously exited, strobing the system at the frequency of one normal mode will allow the other to be observed independently. A double hacksaw system is used as an example.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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