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C1 activity: Damped harmonic motion

Turns out oscillations don't go on forever; they are damped. In this activity you will observe damped harmonic motion and learn how to define critical, light and over damping, as well as the Q factor (which will also be measured). There's an opportunity to make an iterative model and a GeoGebra simulation of damped harmonic motion based on the equation. Damping In simple harmonic motion energy is continuously...

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