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0 Mathematics
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1 Mechanics (point systems)
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2 Mechanics (rigid body)
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3 Continuum mechanics
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4 Relativity
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5 Oscillations and waves
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5.1 Harmonic oscillation and Lissajous curves
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Swing
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Pendulum: t prop. to the square root of the length
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Comparison of spring pendulum with wire pendulum
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Period of oscillation of a spring pendulum
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Period of oscillation as a function of the spring constant
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Period of oscillation dependent on amplitude
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Pendulum = sinusoidal motion
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Physical pendulum – ham-like
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Physical pendulum – rodlike
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Beats
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Lissajous figures
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Mechanical Lissajous figures with motor
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Motion in a plane
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Period of oscillation independent of the mass
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Pendulum above electromagnet
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Oscillation of a water column in a U-tube
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Pendulum of trust
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5.2 Damped oscillations
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5.3 Forced oscillations, resonance
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5.4 Coupled oscillations
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5.5 Waves: basics, velocity, propagation
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5.6 Standing waves, natural oscillation
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5.7 Dispersion, group velocity
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5.8 Interference
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5.9 Reflection, refraction and optics
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5.10 Diffraction
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5.11 Polarisation
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5.12 Doppler effect, aberration
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6 Electricity
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7 Quantum physics
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8 Thermodynamics
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9 Properties of matter
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10 Nuclear and particle physics
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11 Special areas
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12 Instabilities and chaos
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13 Videos
Period of oscillation dependent on amplitude
Experiment no.: 5.1.4
This experiment shows that the oscillation of a wire pendulum is only approximately independent of the amplitude.
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