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Oscillation & Waves

Key Lectures

Tutorial

Supplementary Videos

Supplementary Articles

Key Lectures

Prof. V Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Linear Elasticity of Solids

Simple Harmonic Motion

Examples of Simple Harmonic Motion

More on Simple Harmonic Motion

Damped Simple Harmonic Motion

Traveling & Standing Waves

Wave Equation: General Solution

Prof. Walter Lewins, MIT. Classical Mechanics Lecture series has lectures on Thermodynamics. The lectures involve classroom experiments also [Playlist]

Tutorials

  1. Problem-solving help videos, Vibrations & Waves, MIT Opencourseware, Fall 2016 
  2. Dr.Michel van Biezen discusses several problems in Fluidics. Select the video topic-wise his webpage LECTUREONLINE.  

Simulations

  1. These simulations of various experiments in mechanics and oscillations are developed by Erik Neumann. The experiments include pendulums, coupled pendulum, mass-spring, collision, circular motion, Brachistochrone, molecule motion, etc. You can see the difference in the dynamics of processes by varying different parameters such as length, mass, gravity, etc. You may also read the physics equations used in the simulations. Click HERE to go to the simulations. 

Supplementary Videos

  1. Understanding Young’s Modulus  

  2. Watch The World Turn (Foucault pendulum) 

  3. Singing plates – Standing Waves on Chladni plates 

  4. Ultrasound (acoustic) levitation

Supplementary Science Education Articles

  1. Planetary Orbits as Simple Harmonic Motion, Resonance 8, 83, 2003
  2. Foucault’s Pendulum Exploration Using MAPLE18, Resonance 24, 661, 2019 – In this article, the authors develop the traditional differential equation for Foucault’s pendulum from the physical situation and solve it from the standard form.
  3. The Sounds of Music: Science of Musical Scales: 1. Human Perception of Sound Resonance 24, 891, 2019  
  4. The Sounds of Music : Science of Musical Scales: II : Western Classical Music Resonance 24, 1015, 2019
  5. The Sounds of Music: Science of Musical Scales III: Indian Classical Music, Resonance 24, 1125, 2019 
  6. Resonance Experiments Using Audio Frequency Oscillator Instead of Tuning Fork, Resonance 16, 1053, 2011