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Deepen Your Students` Understanding of Oscillations through Interactive ExperimentsSimulations of Oscillatory Systems: with Award-Winning Software, Physics of Oscillations provides a hands-on way of visualizing and understanding the fundamental concepts of the physics of oscillations. Both the textbook and software are designed as exploration-orien
Introduction.
Oscillations in Simple Systems: Free Oscillations of a Linear Oscillator.
Torsion Spring Oscillator with Dry Friction.
Forced Oscillations in a Linear System.
Square-Wave Excitation of a Linear Oscillator.
Parametric Excitation of Oscillations.
Sinusoidal Modulation of the Parameter.
Nonlinear Oscillations: Free Oscillations of the Rigid Pendulum.
Rigid Planar Pendulum under Sinusoidal Forcing.
Pendulum with a Square-Wave Modulated Length.
Rigid Pendulum with Oscillating Pivot.
Torsion Pendulum with Dry and Viscous Damping.
Bibliography.
Index