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Simple harmonic motion

The equation for the acceleration of a body undergoing simple harmonic motion is usually written as:


The solution to this equation can be shown to be of the form


since the equation for acceleration can be obtained by twice differentiating the equation for displacement against time.

If we differentiate this equation we have alternative equations for both v and a:


We will prove later that the period of the motion is given by the equation:

 
 
 
© Keith Gibbs 2007