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Allen, M. and E. J. Saxl (1972), "The period of damped simple harmonic motion," AJP 40, 942-944.
Armstrong, H. L. (1969), "The oscillating spring and weight - an experiment often misinterpreted," AJP 37, 447-448.
Asano, K. (1975), "On the theory of an electrostatic pendulum oscillator," AJP 43, 423-427.
Blair, J. M. (1975), "Precision timing applied to a driven mechanical oscillator," AJP 43, 1076-1078.
Blair, J. M. (1976), "Erratum: "Precision timing applied to a driven mechanical oscillator." J. Morris Blair [Am. J. Phys. 43, 1076 (1975)]," AJP 44, 1076-1078.
Bonera, G., C. I. Massara, and M. Villa (1976), "Simple experimental introduction to harmonic oscillations," AJP 44, 1121-1123.
Bonnet, J. (1991), "Springs and masses as a stationary wave problem," AJP 59, 239-242.
Calkin, M. G. (1993), "Motion of a falling spring," Am. J. Phys. 61 (3), 261-4.
Carlos Castro-Palacio, J., L. Velazquez-Abad, M. H. Gimenez, and J. A. Monsoriu (2013), "Using a mobile phone acceleration sensor in physics experiments on free and damped harmonic oscillations," Am. J. Phys. 81 (6), 472 - 5.
Cayton, T. E. (1977), "The laboratory spring-mass oscillator: an example of parametric instability," AJP 45, 723-732.
Cushing, J. T. (1984), "The method of characteristics applied to the massive spring problem," AJP 52, 933-937.
Cushing, J. T. (1984), "The spring-mass system revisited," AJP 52, 925-933.
Driver, H. S. T. (1978), "Demonstration of transient beats," AJP 46, 1080-1082.
Dudley, J. D. and W. J. Strong (1987), "Why are resonant frequencies sometimes defined in terms of zero reactance?," AJP 55, 610-614.
Eagle, B. A. and P. J. Jackson (1977), "The reflecting galvanometer as a damped, driven simple harmonic oscillator with recording facilities," AJP 45, 1113-1115.
Eckstein, S. G. (1993), "The computerized student laboratory: motion in a potential well," Am. J. Phys. 61 (4), 363-6.
Eckstein, S. G. and D. Fekte (1991), "Investigation of driven harmonic oscillations in the computerized student laboratory," AJP 59, 398-402.
Edwards, T. W. and R. A. Hultsch (1972), "Mass distribution and frequencies of a vertical spring," AJP 40, 445-449.
Feige, E., T. B. Clegg, and J. W. Poulton (1983), "A new optical transducer to measure damped harmonic motion," AJP 51, 954-955.
Fox, J. G. and J. Mahanty (1970), "The effective mass of an oscillating spring," AJP 38, 98-100.
Fyfe, F. M., G. Stroink, R. H. March, and M. G. Calkin (1981), "Large-scale spring experiment," AJP 49, 1074-1075.
Galloni, E. E. and M. Kohen (1979), "Influence of the mass of the spring on its static and dynamic effects," AJP 47, 1076-1078.
Gatland, I. R., Kahlscheuer Robert, and H. Menkara (1992), "Experiments utilizing an ultrasonic range finder," AJP 60, 451-454.
Gilson, J. E. and O. Boedtker (1969), "A damped harmonic motion experiment for use in undergraduate general physics laboratories," AJP 37, 1157-1158.
Glanz, P. K. (1979), "Note on energy changes in a spring," AJP 47, 1091-1092.
Grant, F. C. (1986), "Energy analysis of the conical-spring oscillator," AJP 54, 227-233.
Grauer, A. D. and C. E. Pittman (1973), "Experimentally determined functional relationships for small-amplitude oscillations," AJP 41, 1328-1331.
Greenberg, M. S., F. Fazio, M. Russotto, and A. Wilkosz (1986), "Using videotapes to study damped harmonic motion and to measure terminal speeds: a laboratory project," AJP 54, 897-904.
Greenhow, R. C. (1988), "A mechanical resonance experiment with fluid dynamical undercurrents," AJP 56, 352-7.
Greenslade, T. B., Jr. (1988), ""Atwood's" oscillator," AJP 56, 1151-3.
Greiner, M. (1980), "Elliptical motion from a ball and spring," AJP 48, 488-489.
Gruber, G. M. and E. E. Baart (1975), "Laboratory experiment on forced linear oscillations," AJP 43, 926-927.
Hageseth, G. T. (1969), "Forced oscillations and magnetic resonance in the introductory laboratory," AJP 37, 529-531.
Hauko, R., D. Andreevski, D. Paul, M. Sterk, and R. Repnik, "Teaching of the harmonic oscillator damped by a constant force: the use of analogy and experiments," Am. J. Phys. 86, 657 - 62
Hayn, C. H. (1972), "Experiment in oscillatory motion," AJP 40, 779-780.
Heald, M. A. (1978), "How do you know when you've got critical damping," AJP 46, 989-993.
Heard, T. C. and N. D. Mewby, Jr. (1977), "Behavior of a soft spring," AJP 45, 1102-1106.
Hinrichsen, P. F. and C. I. Larnder (2018), "Combined viscous and dry friction damping of oscillatory motion," Am. J. Phys. 86, 577 - 84.
Horton, P. B. (1969), "Designing an 'acoustic suspension' speaker system in the general physics laboratory: a 'divergent' experiment," AJP 37, 1100-1103.
Hunt, J. L. (1985), "Forced and damped harmonic oscillator experiment using an accelerometer," AJP 53, 278-279 .
Jagla, E. A. and D. A. R. Dalvit (1991), " Null-length springs: some curious properties," AJP 59, 434-436.
Janssen, H. J., R. Serneels, L. Beerden, and E. L. M. Flerackers (1983), "Experimental demonstration of the resonance effect of an anharmonic oscillator," AJP 51, 655-658.
Karlow, E. A. (1994), "Ripples in the energy of a damped harmonic oscillator," Am. J. Phys. 62 (7), 634-6.
Lapidus, I. R. (1970), "Motion of a harmonic oscillator with sliding friction," AJP 38, 1360-1361.
Larson, L. E. (1987), "Interfacing the PASCO simple harmonic motion apparatus to a microcomputer," AJP 55, 667-668.
Leroy, V., M. Devaud, and J. -C. Bacri (2002), "The air bubble: experiments on an unusual harmonic oscillator," Am. J. Phys. 70 (10), 1012-19.
Li, A., L. Ma, D. Keene, J. Klingel, M. Payne, and X. Wang (2016), "Forced oscillations with linear and nonlinear damping," Am. J. Phys. 84 (1), 32 - 7.
Libii, J. N. (2000), "Demonstration of viscous damping in the undergraduate laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 68 (2), 195-8.
Lipham, . J. G. and V. L. Pollak (1978), "Constructing a "misbehaving" spring," AJP 46, 110-111.
Macomber, H. K. (1981), "Experiment on impulsive excitation, resonance, and Fourier analysis of a harmonic oscillator circuit," AJP 49, 31-33.
Mak, S. Y. (1987), "The static effective mass of a slinky," AJP 55, 994-7.
Marchewka, A., D. S. Abbott, and R. J. Beichner (2004), "Oscillator damped by a constant-magnitude friction force," Am. J. Phys. 72 (4), 477-83.
McCarthy, L. (1996), "On the electromagnetically damped mechanical harmonic oscillator," Am. J. Phys. 64 (7), 885-91.
McDonald, F. A. (1980), "Deceptively simple harmonic motion: a mass on a spiral spring," AJP 48, 189-192.
McInerney, M. F. (1985), "Computer-aided experiments with the damped harmonic oscillator," AJP 53, 991-996.
Moore, G. I. (1994), "Simple mechanical forced damped oscillator with electronic output," Am. J. Phys. 62 (2), 140-3.
Ochoa, O. R. and N. F. Kolp (1997), "The computer mouse as a data acquisition interface: application to harmonic oscillators," Am. J. Phys. 65 (11), 1115-18.
Parkinson, M. (1965), "Spring mass correction," AJP 33, 341.
Piccard, R. D. (1986), "Argand diagrams, harmonic oscillators, and record-playing tonearms," AJP 54, 342-345.
Ricchiuto, A. and A. Tozzi (1982), "Motion of a harmonic oscillator with sliding and viscous friction," AJP 50, 176-179.
Santos, M. S., E. S. Rodrigues, and P. M. C. de Oliveira (1990), "Spring-mass chains: theoretical and experimental studies," AJP 58, 923-928.
Sears, F. W. (1969), "A demonstration of the spring-mass correction," AJP 37, 645-648.
Shanker, G., V. K. Gupta, B. Saraf, and N. K. Sharma (1985), "Temperature variation of modulus of rigidity and internal friction: an experiment with torsional oscillator," AJP 53, 1192-1195.
Smith, H. J. T. and K. A. Woolner (1984), "Inexpensive demonstration of an anharmonic oscillator," AJP 52, 800-801.
Smith, R. P. and E. H. Matlis (2019), "Gravity-driven fluid oscillations in a drinking straw," Am. J. Phys. 87 (6), 433 - 5.
Stockman, H. E. (1965), "The electric bell as amplifier," AJP 33, 505.
Story, J. W. V. (1984), "Measurement of the mass of an object hanging from a spring," AJP 52, 78-80.
Tobolsky, A. V., I. L. Hopkins, and E. T. Samulski (1970), "Energy transients in harmonic oscillator systems," AJP 38, 226-235.
Turner, T. J. (1966), "Study of the simple harmonic oscillator by means of F-center absorption," AJP 34, 301-305.
Vandergrift, G. (1993), "Deducing the width of a Lorentzian resonance curve from experimental data," Am. J. Phys. 61 (5), 473-4.
Vermillion, R. E. (1970), "Random measurements on a classical harmonic oscillator," AJP 38, 381-382.
White, L., Jr. (1965), "Low-frequency circuit for driving a galvanometer in forced linear oscillation," AJP 33, 468-471.
Yan, C. C. (1982), "generation of simple harmonic motions," AJP 50, 940-943.
Alexander, P. and E. Indelicato (2005), "A semiempirical approach to a viscously damped oscillating sphere," Eur. J. Phys. 26 (1), 1-10.
Bartos, J. and J. Musilova (2006), "Damping forces-a friend or a foe in explaining mechanical motion?," Eur. J. Phys. 27 (2), 383-92.
Bobillo-Ares, N. C. and J. Fernandez-Nunez (1995), "Two-dimensional harmonic oscillator on an air table," Eur. J. Phys. 16 (5), 223-7.
Donges, A. (1999), "Delta pulse response and frequency response of a damped oscillator," Eur. J. Phys. 20 (2), 69-74.
Grosu, I. and D. Ursu (1986), "Linear and nonlinear oscillations: a experiment for students," EJP 7, 91-94.
Janssen, H. J., L. Beerden, and E. L. M. Flerackers (1984), "An experimental look at the resonant behavior of a nonlinear LC circuit," EJP 5, 94-100.
Krupska, A. and M. Krupski (2003), "Study of the phase delay in the amplitude-modulated harmonic oscillator," Eur. J. Phys. 24 (4), 429-33.
MacLeod, A. M. and A. Watt (1980), "Physics demosntrations with a microcomputer," EJP 1, 197-200.
Olejniczak, J. (1989), "Fourier analysis of the mechanical rectangular signal," EJP 10, 42-44.
Tufillaro, N. B. (1990), "Torsional parametric oscillations in wires," EJP 11, 122-124.
Flores-Hidalgo, G. and F. A. Barone (2011), "The one-dimensional damped forced harmonic oscillator revisited," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 32(2), 377 - 9.
Giliberti, M., M. Stellato, S. Barbieri, M. Cavinato, E. Rigon, and M. Tamborini (2014), "Detecting anharmonicity at a glance," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 35 (6), 065012 (13 pp.) .
Kewei, L., L. Jiahuang, K. Z. Yang, S. Y. W. Liang, and J. W. S. Juan (2011), "The Vertical Oscillations of Coupled Magnets," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 32 (4), 1 - 14.
Ladera, C. L. and G. Donoso (2011), "Resonances of an Oscillating Conductive pipe Driven by an Alternating Magnetic Field in the Presence of a Static Magnetic Field," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 32 (4), 1087 - 96.
Ladera, C. L. and G. Donoso (2013), "Oscillations of a spring-magnet system damped by a conductive plate," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 34 (5), 1187 - 97.
Ladera, C. L. and G. Donoso (2012), "Anharmonic oscillations of a spring-magnet system inside a magnetic coil," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 33(5), 1259 - 70.
Lee, K. (2009), "The two-capacitor problem revisited: a mechanical harmonic oscillator model approach," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 30 (1), 69 - 74.
Mendoza-Arenas, J. J., E. L. D. Perico, and F. Fajardo (2010), "Motion of a damped oscillating sphere as a function of the medium viscosity," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 31 (1), 129 - 41.
Mungan, C. E. (2009), "Comment on `The two-capacitor problem revisited: a mechanical harmonic oscillator approach'," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 30 (5), L59 - L63 -.
Nita, G. M. (2010), "A simple mechanical model for the isotropic harmonic oscillator," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 31 (5), 1031 - 5.
O'Shea, M. J. (2009), "Harmonic and anharmonic behaviour of a simple oscillator," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 30 (3), 549 - 58.
Onorato, P., P. Mascheretti, and A. DeAmbrosis (2012), "Investigating the magnetic interaction with Geomag and Tracker Video Analysis: static equilibrium and anharmonic dynamics," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 33 (2), 385 - 95.
Triana, C. A. and F. Fajardo (2012), "The influence of spring length on the physical parameters of simple harmonic motion," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 33 (1), 219 - 29.
Brueningsen, C. A. (1993), "Investigating magnetic oscillations," PT 31, 184-185.
Dowling, J., Jr. and G. H. Mullen (1974), "Rubber band lab," Phys. Teach. 12 (4), 231-3.
Erlichson, H. (1976), "The vertical spring-mass system and its `equivalent' [tutorial approach]," Phys. Teach. 14 (9), 573-4.
Gilbert, B. and P. K. Glanz (1983), "Springs: distorted and combined," Phys. Teach. 21 (7), 430-4.
Hagenbuch, K. and B. Scott (1977), "Simple harmonic motion on the CRO," Phys. Teach. 15 (7), 436-8.
Kelly, D. E. (1981), "The electro-magnetically damped mechanical oscillator," Phys. Teach. 19 (5), 327-9.
Aurora, T. S. and B. J. Brunner (1991), "Phase relationships in simple harmonic motion," PE 26, 382-384.
Barton, R. (1991), "Data logging in A-level physics," PE 26, 124-126.
Boving, R., J. Helleman, and R. De Wilde (1983), "Teaching damped and forced oscillations in the student laboratory," PE 18, 275-276.
Calvo, J. L., J. J. Pena, and A. L. Perez (1983), "Teaching oscillations with a small computer," PE 18, 172-174.
Duncan, A. J. (1984), "Forced harmonic motion of a a galvanometer," PE 19, 129-130.
Heddle, D. W. O. (1970), "Oscillators using ring magnets," PE 5, 244-245.
Herreman, W. (1983), "Some physics demonstration experiments," PE 18, 47-49.
Lancaster, G. (1983), "Measurements of some properties of non-Hookean springs," PE 18, 217-220.
McNeill, D. J. (1985), "Impulse and frequency response of a moving coil galvanometer," PE 20, 226-229.
Smith, B. A. (1979), "Forced oscillations," PE 14, 305-307.
Silva, M. N. S. and J. T. Carvalho-Neto (2020), "Manually driven harmonic oscillator," Phys. Educ. 55 (3), 035006 (7 pp.) .
Pili, U. and R. Violanda (2019), "Measuring a spring constant with a magnetic spring-mass oscillator and a telephone pickup," Phys. Educ. (UK) 54 (4), 043001 (3 pp.) .
Pili, U. B. (2020), "Measuring a spring constant using an optical spring-mass system and a solar panel," Phys. Educ. 55 (1), 013003 (3 pp.) .
Rinaldi, R. G. and A. Fauzi (2020), "A complete damped harmonic oscillator using an Arduino and an Excel spreadsheet," Phys. Educ. 55 (1), 015024 (9 pp.) .
Raveesha, K. H., S. Suma, R. Ranjitha, and R. Rakshitha (2019), "Damping behavior of a harmonic oscillator in self-induced magnetic field of a solenoid," Phys. Educ. (UK) 54 (2), 023002 (5 pp.) .
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