Title: Theory / Unimportant / Experimental / Physics / Vibrations and Waves - King

Name: Vibration
Definition: A periodic motion.
Page: 1
Name2: Oscillation

Name: Simple harmonic motion
Page: 1
Abbreviation: SHM

Name: Equilibrium position
Definition: A position at which the system does not move
Page: 1

Name: To overshoot
Definition: Passing through the equilibrium and going forward
Page: 1

Name: A restoring force
Definition: A force moving a system toward equilibria
Page: 1

Name: A simple harmonic oscillator
Definition: with \(x\) the displacement from equilibria, \(m\) the mass. Assumed without friction
Page: 2
Chapter: 1
Section: 2.1

Name: Amplitude
Definition: The maximum excursion of the mass
Page: 2
Chapter: 1
Section: 2.1
Abbreviation: \(A\)

Name: Period
Definition: The time for one complete cycle of oscillation.
Page: 3
Chapter: 1
Section: 2.1
Notation: \(T\)

Name: Frequency
Definition: \(1/T\)
Page: 3
Chapter: 1
Section: 2.1
Definition2: The number of cycles of oscillation per unit time.
Typ: Hertz (Hz)
Denoted by: \(v\)

Name: The initial condition
Definition: The value of the curve at time 0
Page: 3
Chapter: 1
Section: 2.1

Smaller0: \(Fx\) for some constant \(F\)
Greater0: the force produced by the spring
Page: 3
Chapter: 1
Section: 2.1
Smaller to greater: equals
Assuming: Small displacement
Name: Hook's law