Tag
Resonance
Entries tagged resonance.
2 entries
Concept
Damping, driving, and resonance
An oscillator with energy loss decays, and one pushed at a frequency near its own natural rate builds to a large amplitude limited only by how weak the damping is.
7 min
ConceptOscillation and restoring forces
A force that grows with displacement and always points back toward equilibrium does not just return a displaced system to rest; inertia carries it through and out the other side, producing repetition at a rate the system itself sets.
5 min