Forced Spring Systems
Part 5: Summary
- Explain what is meant by "natural frequency" of a spring system.
- What type of solutions do you expect for an unforced and undamped spring-mass system?
- What type of solutions do you expect if an undamped system is driven at a frequency different from its natural frequency?
- What do you think the word "beats" means -- in the context of a driven spring-mass system?
- What does "resonance" mean in the context of a driven spring-mass system? What are its implications for solutions of the differential equation model?
- In nature it is seldom the case that two parameters have exactly the same values. What are the practical implications of resonance?
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