PHY138: Physics for the Life Sciences

Department of Physics, University of Toronto

Jason Harlow
Monday, November 8, 2004

Waves Section, Lecture 1: Hooke’s Law, Simple Harmonic Motion

Chapter 12: Oscillatory Motion.

· Section 12.1: Motion of a Mass Attached to a Spring, “Hooke’s Law” of restoring force

· Section 12.2: The Mathematics of Simple Harmonic Motion (S.H.M.)

• Section 12.3: Energy considerations in S.H.M.

Homework Assignment, Due Monday November 15 at 17:00

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Note: There is a major typo in Serway and Jewett 3^rd edition, Section 12.2, on page 410, Figure 12.5(b). The time axis is mislabeled. Here is the correction to the figure:

In-class Quiz with answer

Tuning fork animation and explanation: