FIZIKA A 16 (2007) 3 , 157-166

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COUPLED OSCILLATORS: AN INFORMATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH

CARLOS HUNTE
University of The West Indies, Cave Hill Campus Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics, P.O. Box 64, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies

Received 14 March 2007;   Accepted 7 November 2007
Online 8 February 2008

A simple and informative method of solving for the normal modes and the normal mode frequencies of coupled oscillating systems is presented. A dimensionless parameter uniquely determines the normal modes and normal mode frequencies of the oscillating system.

PACS numbers: 01.40.-d, 05.45.Xt, 46.40.-f
UDC 534.014.1

Keywords: coupled oscillators, normal modes, normal mode frequencies

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