Waves and Oscillations



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Lectures

  • Lecture 0. [Basics of SHM].
  • Lecture 1. [Graphical Representation].
  • Lecture 2. [Displacement, Velocity, Accelaration].
  • Lecture 3. [KE and PE].
  • Lecture 4. [Spring Examples].
  • Lecture 5. [Pendulum & Electrical Systems].
  • Lecture 6. [Lissajous Figures].
  • Lecture 7. [Free Damped Motion].
  • Lecture 8. [Galvanometer Examples].
  • Lecture 9. [Forced Damped Motion; Resonance].
  • Lecture 10. [Quality Factor]
  • Lecture 11. [Wave Motion]
  • Lecture 12. [Standing Waves]

Homework

Topics

  • Simple Harmonic Motion: Differential equation and its solution.
  • Superposition of Simple Harmonic Motion: Analytical treatment, Lissajous figures, natural, damped and forced vibration, resonance, sharpness of resonance.
  • Differential equation of Wave Motion: Plane progressive wave - energy and intensity, Bel, decibel, and phon, Superposition of waves, beats, velocity of longitudinal waves in solid and gas, velocity of trasverse wave in string, Doppler effect.

Study Materials

  • An Outline of Physics (Part-I) - M. Daskhan.
  • The Physics of Waves and Oscillations - N.K.Bajaj.
  • Waves: Berkeley Physics Course (Vol. 3).
  • The Physics of Vibrations and Waves - H. J. Pain.
  • Vibrations and waves - A. P. French.