Vibrations Motion

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Chapter 16

• Vibrations Motion

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Vibrations/Oscillations

• Object at the end of a spring
• Tuning fork
• Pendulum
• String of a violin
• Atoms in a crystal
• Source of a wave

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Periodic Motion

• Motion repeats itself over and over again
• Examples of periodic motion

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Period and Frequency

• The period, T, is the time that it takes for the
  object to complete one complete cycle of motion
• From x A to x - A and back to x A
• The frequency,