Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
This video provides a step by step explanation of the energy in a simple harmonic motion. This energy is made up of potential energy and kinetic energy. You will learn the key terms that you needed to describe an oscillating mass as well as the important points in its motion where the displacement, velocity, potential energy, kinetic energy and total mechanical energy are at their maximum and minimums.
As the object oscillates back and forth its potential and kinetic energy are continuously being exchanged for one another. At its greatest displacement the potential energy of the mass is at its maximum and the kinetic energy is zero. At the equilibrium position the kinetic energy is at its maximum and the potential energy is zero.
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0:00 Energy, An Explanation
0:55 Introduction
2:10 Elastic Potential Energy
5:25 Total energy
7:35 Important Points
10:55 Calculate Maximum Velocity
12:35 Calculate General Velocity
14:30 Calculate Acceleration
This video provides a step by step explanation of the energy in a simple harmonic motion. This energy is made up of potential energy and kinetic energy. You will learn the key terms that you needed to describe an oscillating mass as well as the important points in its motion where the displacement, velocity, potential energy, kinetic energy and total mechanical energy are at their maximum and minimums.
As the object oscillates back and forth its potential and kinetic energy are continuously being exchanged for one another. At its greatest displacement the potential energy of the mass is at its maximum and the kinetic energy is zero. At the equilibrium position the kinetic energy is at its maximum and the potential energy is zero.
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Chapters
0:00 Energy, An Explanation
0:55 Introduction
2:10 Elastic Potential Energy
5:25 Total energy
7:35 Important Points
10:55 Calculate Maximum Velocity
12:35 Calculate General Velocity
14:30 Calculate Acceleration
