Simple harmonic motion: JAMB Physics Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Simple harmonic motion

Our summary: To-and-fro motion such as a pendulum or spring, its period, energy and resonance.

• Simple Harmonic Motion (S.H.M) ((i) definition and explanation of simple harmonic motion; (ii) examples of systems that execute S.H.M; (iii) period, frequency and amplitude of S.H.M; (iv) velocity and acceleration of S.H.M; (v) simple treatment of energy change in S.H.M; (vi) force vibration and resonance (simple treatment).)

Objectives

• establish the relationship between period and frequency;
• analyse the energy changes occurring during S.H.M;
• identify different types of forced vibration;
• enumerate applications of resonance.

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