<h2>Summary</h2>
<ul>
<li>A system’s natural frequency is the frequency at which the system will oscillate if not affected by driving or damping forces.</li>
<li>A periodic force driving a harmonic oscillator at its natural frequency produces resonance. The system is said to resonate.</li>
<li>The less damping a system has, the higher the amplitude of the forced oscillations near resonance. The more damping a system has, the broader response it has to varying driving frequencies.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Glossary</h2>
<h3>natural frequency</h3>
<p>the frequency at which a system would oscillate if there were no driving and no damping forces</p>
<h3>resonance</h3>
<p>the phenomenon of driving a system with a frequency equal to the system's natural frequency</p>
<h3>resonate</h3>
<p>a system being driven at its natural frequency</p>
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Summarizing Forced Oscillations and Resonance

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Discover the principles of oscillatory motion and waves including Hooke&#8217;s Law, simple harmonic motion, the simple pendulum and waves with topics covering energy, periodicity, and resonance.


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Damped Harmonic Motion

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Energy in Waves: Intensity

Forced Oscillations and Resonance

Hooke’s Law: Stress and Strain Revisited

Introduction to Oscillatory Motion and Waves

Period and Frequency in Oscillations

Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion

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The Simple Pendulum

Uniform Circular Motion and Simple Harmonic Motion

Waves

Summarizing Forced Oscillations and Resonance

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