Figure 16.23 shows the displacement of a harmonic oscillator for different amounts of damping. ![]() (The net force is smaller in both directions.) If there is very large damping, the system does not even oscillate-it slowly moves toward equilibrium. If you gradually increase the amount of damping in a system, the period and frequency begin to be affected, because damping opposes and hence slows the back and forth motion. ![]() Figure 16.22 In this graph of displacement versus time for a harmonic oscillator with a small amount of damping, the amplitude slowly decreases, but the period and frequency are nearly the same as if the system were completely undamped.
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