MIT Vibrations and Waves Problem Solving Help Videos, Fall 2012 - 3. Driven Harmonic Oscillators

View the complete OCW resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-8-005-vibrations-and-waves-problem-solving-fall-2012/ Instructor: Wit Busza First, advice on how, in general, one approaches the solving of "physics problems." Then three very different oscillating systems, and how in each the equations of motion can be derived and solved to obtain the motion of the oscillator. *NOTE: These videos were originally produced as part of a physics course that is no longer available on OCW.* Chapters 0:00:00 Title slate 0:00:21 Driven harmonic oscillators overview 0:04:19 Discussion of how one solves physics problems. 0:04:58 Third example: Q-value of the oscillator. 0:07:43 Mathematical solution of the equation of motion. 0:08:13 Discussion of the initial or boundary conditions. 0:09:12 "Set-up" of" ideal seismograph" problem (driven mass on a spring with damping). 0:09:27 "Set-up" (derivation of the equation of motion) of "driven RLC circuit" problem. 0:11:09 Pendulum second example: motion after a long time, without transients. 0:13:58 "Set-up" of "driven, weakly damped, simple pendulum" (point mass, mass less string). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu