| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Damped mechanical oscillator : experiment and detailed energy analysis |
| Authors: | Corridoni, Tommaso D'Anna, Michele Fuchs, Hans Ulrich |
| DOI: | 10.1119/1.4862111 |
| Published in: | The Physics Teacher |
| Volume(Issue): | 52 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page(s): | 88 |
| Pages to: | 90 |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | American Association of Physics Teachers |
| ISSN: | 0031-921X |
| Language: | English |
| Subject (DDC): | 530: Physics |
| Abstract: | The damped oscillator is discussed in every high school textbook or introductory physics course, and a large number of papers are devoted to it in physics didactics journals. Papers typically focus on kinematic and dynamic aspects and less often on energy. Among the latter, some are devoted to the peculiar decreasing behavior of energy characterized by ripples, which can easily be demonstrated by using a dynamic modeling approach. In this note we consider an oscillator consisting of a cart running on a horizontal track, two springs, and a damping device created with magnets and a metal plate attached to the cart. Using sensors and data-acquisition software, we measure kinematic quantities and three forces: those of the springs on the cart and, separately, the force between magnets and the plate. A detailed analysis of the energy exchanges between the cart and the interacting parts is obtained. In particular, we show that only the energy exchanges with the magnets are affected by dissipative processes while over a suitable time interval the net energy exchanged between cart and springs equals zero. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/13375 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Applied Mathematics and Physics (IAMP) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Corridoni, T., D’Anna, M., & Fuchs, H. U. (2014). Damped mechanical oscillator : experiment and detailed energy analysis. The Physics Teacher, 52(2), 88–90. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4862111
Corridoni, T., D’Anna, M. and Fuchs, H.U. (2014) ‘Damped mechanical oscillator : experiment and detailed energy analysis’, The Physics Teacher, 52(2), pp. 88–90. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4862111.
T. Corridoni, M. D’Anna, and H. U. Fuchs, “Damped mechanical oscillator : experiment and detailed energy analysis,” The Physics Teacher, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 88–90, 2014, doi: 10.1119/1.4862111.
CORRIDONI, Tommaso, Michele D’ANNA und Hans Ulrich FUCHS, 2014. Damped mechanical oscillator : experiment and detailed energy analysis. The Physics Teacher. 2014. Bd. 52, Nr. 2, S. 88–90. DOI 10.1119/1.4862111
Corridoni, Tommaso, Michele D’Anna, and Hans Ulrich Fuchs. 2014. “Damped Mechanical Oscillator : Experiment and Detailed Energy Analysis.” The Physics Teacher 52 (2): 88–90. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4862111.
Corridoni, Tommaso, et al. “Damped Mechanical Oscillator : Experiment and Detailed Energy Analysis.” The Physics Teacher, vol. 52, no. 2, 2014, pp. 88–90, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4862111.
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