Physics | Notes
Simple Harmonic Motion (S.H.M)
Class : 12
We all are familiar with periodic motion, i.e. the motion which repeats itself at equal intervals of time. A few common examples of periodic motion are the motion of simple pendulums and compound pendulums, the motion of electrons in their orbits, motion of planets around the sun, vibration of stretched wires, motion of a mass attached to a string etc. The interval of time after which the motion is repeated is called time period of the motion. If a particle in periodic motion has to and fro motion over the same path, is called Oscillatory or vibratory motion. The motion of a mass spring system, motion of simple pendulum, vibration of atoms at their lattice sites are a few examples of oscillatory motion. Most of the oscillatory motions in nature are simple harmonic motions (s.h.m.).