Forced Mechanical Oscillations¶

An oscillating system may be subject to some external force, in which case the oscillation is said to be driven.

This is in contrast with natural oscillation that occur when no external force is present.

Links:

  1. Wikipedia — Oscillation — Driven oscillations

  2. Wikipedia — Harmonic oscillation — Driven harmonic oscillation

Contents:

  • Displacement in forced non-resonant oscillations
    • time
    • displacement
    • mass
    • natural_angular_frequency
    • driving_force_amplitude
    • driving_angular_frequency
    • driving_phase_lag
    • law
  • Displacement in resonant oscillations
    • time
    • resonant_displacement
    • mass
    • natural_angular_frequency
    • driving_force_amplitude
    • driving_phase_lag
    • law
  • Forced oscillations equation
    • time
    • displacement
    • mass
    • natural_angular_frequency
    • driving_force_amplitude
    • driving_angular_frequency
    • driving_phase_lag
    • law

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