{"id":533,"date":"2020-01-13T15:13:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/part\/chapter-10-oscillatory-motion-and-waves\/"},"modified":"2020-11-10T23:47:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T04:47:54","slug":"chapter-10-oscillatory-motion-and-waves","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/part\/chapter-10-oscillatory-motion-and-waves\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter -  Oscillatory Motion and Simple Harmonic Motion","rendered":"Chapter &#8211;  Oscillatory Motion and Simple Harmonic Motion"},"content":{"raw":"<figure id=\"import-auto-id3162262\" class=\"splash\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"875\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1107\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1184\/2020\/01\/Figure_17_00_01a.jpg\" alt=\"In the figure a couple and their son are sitting alongside a beach in the evening time, around a wood-lit fire. The man is playing a guitar.\" width=\"875\" height=\"478\" \/> <strong>Figure 1.<\/strong> There are at least four types of waves in this picture\u2014only the water waves are evident. There are also sound waves, light waves, and waves on the guitar strings. (credit: John Norton)[\/caption]<\/figure>\r\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2381632\">What do an ocean buoy, a child in a swing, the cone inside a speaker, a guitar, atoms in a crystal, the motion of chest cavities, and the beating of hearts all have in common? They all <strong><span id=\"import-auto-id3006739\">oscillate<\/span><\/strong>\u2014-that is, they move back and forth between two points. Many systems oscillate, and they have certain characteristics in common. All oscillations involve force and energy. You push a child in a swing to get the motion started. The energy of atoms vibrating in a crystal can be increased with heat. You put energy into a guitar string when you pluck it.<\/p>\r\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3306440\">By studying oscillatory motion, we shall find that a small number of underlying principles describe all of them and that wave phenomena are more common than you have ever imagined. We begin by studying the type of force that underlies the simplest oscillations and waves. We will then expand our exploration of oscillatory motion and waves to include concepts such as simple harmonic motion, uniform circular motion, and damped harmonic motion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<h2>Glossary<\/h2>\r\n<dl id=\"import-auto-id2968963\" class=\"definition\">\r\n \t<dt>oscillate<\/dt>\r\n \t<dd id=\"fs-id2626100\">moving back and forth regularly between two points<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<figure id=\"import-auto-id3162262\" class=\"splash\">\n<figure style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1107\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1184\/2020\/01\/Figure_17_00_01a.jpg\" alt=\"In the figure a couple and their son are sitting alongside a beach in the evening time, around a wood-lit fire. The man is playing a guitar.\" width=\"875\" height=\"478\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 1.<\/strong> There are at least four types of waves in this picture\u2014only the water waves are evident. There are also sound waves, light waves, and waves on the guitar strings. (credit: John Norton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2381632\">What do an ocean buoy, a child in a swing, the cone inside a speaker, a guitar, atoms in a crystal, the motion of chest cavities, and the beating of hearts all have in common? They all <strong><span id=\"import-auto-id3006739\">oscillate<\/span><\/strong>\u2014-that is, they move back and forth between two points. Many systems oscillate, and they have certain characteristics in common. All oscillations involve force and energy. You push a child in a swing to get the motion started. The energy of atoms vibrating in a crystal can be increased with heat. 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