WASSCE Physics · Mechanics — Motion & Forces
Simple Harmonic Motion
Simple pendulum and spring-mass systems, period, frequency, and energy in SHM.
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2 lessons · 14 min
- 1Simple harmonic motion: the pendulum and the spring7 minFree7 minFree
- 2SHM equations, energy, damping and resonance7 min Plan7 min Plan
- Equations of SHM
- Energy in SHM
- Free, damped and forced oscillations
- Experiment: spring constant by oscillation
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