Hi everyone,
I'm planning a simple experiment for my school, which involves fixing a mass M onto a rod of length L made of a copper alloy.
Suppose I drive it capacitively, how do I find the resonant frequency of this simple oscillator? I need its resonant frequency to be about 400-500Hz, which would depend on it's geometry.
I know its:
-modulus of elasticity
-density
-Shear modulus
-torsion constant
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I have found that the force varies on sin2(ωt), so the drive frequency of the oscillator is the drive frequency of the voltage. I know that at resonance, the amplitude is approxiamtely
≈ Q(τ/k)
but what I need to find is its resonant frequency.
I'm planning a simple experiment for my school, which involves fixing a mass M onto a rod of length L made of a copper alloy.
Suppose I drive it capacitively, how do I find the resonant frequency of this simple oscillator? I need its resonant frequency to be about 400-500Hz, which would depend on it's geometry.
I know its:
-modulus of elasticity
-density
-Shear modulus
-torsion constant

I have found that the force varies on sin2(ωt), so the drive frequency of the oscillator is the drive frequency of the voltage. I know that at resonance, the amplitude is approxiamtely
≈ Q(τ/k)
but what I need to find is its resonant frequency.