Animations for Acoustics Education

The Simple Oscillator

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  Simple Mass Spring, 1 DOF (17K)

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  Energy transfer in a 1 DOF oscillator (25K)
  (You may wish to look at this animation frame by frame.)

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  Underdamped SDOF oscillator (23K)

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  Critically damped SDOF oscillator (11K)
  (uncommon in acoustics.)

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  At resonance the displacement and applied force are 90 degrees out of phase. (20K).

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