Normal modes
Experiment no.: 5.4.5
Four masses are coupled to each other via springs and mounted with virtually no friction on an air-cushion table. Various normal modes can be observed by deflecting the masses in a variety of ways.
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Experimental set-up
Mathematical pendulum
Two coupled pendulums
Oscillations in phase
Oscillations in opposing phase
Beat
One-dimensional oscillations
One-dimensional oscillations
Radial oscillations
Azimuthal oscillations
Direction of the natural oscillations