Utah State University

Title

03 How To Find Normal Modes

Authors

Charles G. Torre, Department of Physics, Utah State UniversityFollow

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Description

How do we find the normal modes and resonant frequencies without making a clever guess? Well, you can get a more complete explanation in an upper-level mechanics course, but the gist of the trick involves a little linear algebra. The idea is the same for any number of coupled oscillators, but let us stick to our example of two oscillators.

Publication Date

2012

Keywords

normal mode, linear algebra, chapter 3, three

Disciplines

Physics

Comments

Chapter 3

Recommended Citation

Torre, Charles G., "03 How To Find Normal Modes" (2012). Foundations of Wave Phenomena. Book 20.
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/foundation_wave/20