OSCILLATIONS
OSCILLATIONS
Basically they are the same. They are the to and fro motion
of any object about a mean position. Short and quick to and
fro motion are called vibratory motion and the longer and
slower ones are called oscillatory.
Eg vibration of a guitar string,
oscillation of a pendulum or a swing
Simple Harmonic Motion or SHM
•It is a special case of oscillation, along with a
straight line between the two extreme points (the
path of SHM is a constraint).
•The path of the object needs to be a straight line.
•There will be a restoring force directed towards the
equilibrium position (or) mean position.
•The mean position in Simple Harmonic Motion is a
stable equilibrium.
Conditions for SHM
F→∝−x→a→∝−x→
Mean Position
The point at which net force acting on the particle is zero.
From the mean position, the force acting on the particle is
F→∝−x→
a→∝−x→
Conditions at Mean Position
Fnet→=0a→=0
The force acting on the particle is negative of the displacement. So,
this point of equilibrium will be a stable equilibrium.
Amplitude in SHM