Simple Harmonic Motion: Crash Course Physics #16 

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LOL "simple" harmonic motion I remember doing this in highschool, it was hard AF. Then engineering came and made me wish I was back in high school physics

D: this all sounds like really interesting stuff, I wish I understood it.

The death eaters also made the bridge swing even worse.

The animation at 3:54 is god sent.

Great video as always. I know some people are complaining about the speed of these videos, but I actually think it's great to have such an option. For people who learn better through longwinded explanations, they can watch khan academy, and people who learn better through quick and snappy explanations can come here. The great thing about the internet and the technological age is that there has never been a more customizable learning experience. There's something for everyone. Oh and unlike crash course organic chemistry, which barely helped me at all in my first semester of ochem, _this_ series actually will get you through calculus based-physics 1 and 2 in college. I love that you aren't afraid of alienating the fans by actually getting into the technical aspects, and believe that the experience and educational value of these videos has benefited profoundly for it. Keep it up!

I love the way the period is derived, no calculus required.

7:05 x=Acos-oh my god-t

I honestly loved this so much. I missed a few lessons at school on simple harmonic motion and for physics I like to see how the ideas connect and don't really like just being thrown a bunch of equations and being expected to use them with no context at all. Loved this. Related all the equations beautifully + increased my appreciation for physics xox

8:25 “today learned about *basically everything in SHM* in the space of about 5 seconds”

The equation animations are marvelous. Thanks for the video.

I love how fast she talks. I can understand better than slow boring talking.

It's awesome how all this correlates to musical frequencies--amplitude, resonance, oscillation. I can't wait to see your upcoming episodes on waves.

The pace is too fast for someone new to the channel but once you are used to it, you'll find it just right! I loved he videos and it's always been helping me with my Physics!

That graph comparing the simple harmonic motion of the spring with the reference circle clears everything up for me!!!! THANKS!!!!!!

Physics 220 final in about 12 hours and you're saving my life right now

Excellent, damn useful for quick revision without having to read the whole chapter all over. Sticks to its name 'crash course'. Thanks!

imagine this person in her childhood answering teacher's questions

Again a really nice video, I like the graphical examples for physical/mathematical expressions. As someone working in a university's institute for physical chemistry I know how many students even in higher semesters struggle with those topics. I really hope you make videos about thermodynamics, kinetic and quantum mechanics.

Can't we take a moment and notice that this lady is very intelligent to be able to teach all of these physics episodes?

the pace of these seem a bit fast, even for someone familiar with basic physical properties

Really great video. I never saw a derivation for w=sqrt(k/m) without setting up the equations of motions and just using calc. That was really cool to see. The analogy with circular motion is something I don't remember seeing but I think thats a really great way to visualize it. 'We'll be talking about waves in our next three episodes' Hype I'm looking forward to it!

I wish I had this episode when studying for my final high school physics exam last year, crash course is incredible.

Excellent presentation of the topic with accurate animation and the real world example in the start of the video. Keep it up.

thank you so much for creating this course, as a student I have been struggling with physics for several years of my study. But these impressive work just brought physics home to me. Again, I appreciate the efforts the team has pour into this, love your work. Keep it up!

A huge thanks to the creators of this video for it helped me a lot. Congrats team you are doing a wonderful job. Keep going. Yay

These videos are so amazing for anyone studying introductory physics. Thank you so much Crash Course and Shini

thank you !! physics made easy ;) I finally understood this concept

I just love the way you explain...keep it up ...I just wanted to request you that Will you please explain "undamped ,critically damped & over damped vibration" in your next video?

That was a much easier to understand explanation of simple harmonic motion than anything I heard in uni. But then again we needed to know how to manipulate the differential equations behind all of this.

Her beauty eclipses anything that physics can achieve.

Hey!! I love these videos! Yhey teach me things that my school doesn't have time for!

I learnt more than in 3 weeks of classes.. thx :)

As a tauist, I can't help noticing all of those 2pi's.

0.75x is the perfect speed

I just learned simple harmonic motion in 10 minutes. What a great video

I love the way you talk faster, don't change it ma'am, you make an hour video in some minutes, it saves our time

Oh my god I never thought I’d be able to watch a Crash Course with someone speaking at a normal rate instead of 2000 words per second

This video made me realize how bad my physics teacher is at lectures

very informative and comprehensive. I like that you focus more on concept rather that just memorizing formulae.

this is how cram lots of information in before a physics class, very helpful

Hello! Thank you for a great video! I'm a physics teacher, I would like to know if I could use short parts of this video inside a video I am making on the same subject. My video will be in french.

This person should be given award, really helped me a lot!!!

Amazing! thanks you so much! I just sat with a notebook and write what you were explain! 1000 times better then my own Professor!

That’s a fast whooping time saving, concept clearing awsm video. All basic concepts are there....I learnt that in school in 90 mins....she did this in 10 mins....wow...

How does a particle (like the ball on the spring) exhibit an angular speed (omega) if its trajectory is linear? Also, wouldnt omega constantly be changing due to the changing velocity?

Excellent explanation and graphics. Thanks.

This is very good. For those saying it's too fast.....well, i too have to pause and rewind quite a few times so that i can understand the material, but i don't think that detracts from it. There's a limit to how easy these guys can make it. Physics requires thought. Great job, Crash Course. Keep 'em coming!

Today I said to myself I would do my physics homework, then I went on RU-vid for an hour. Funny enough, I actually learnt physics today which was my original plan :D Thanks, crash course! I actually needed to learn this and my physics teacher is not good at all!

perfect maam .i am an engineering student and you were amazing :)

Still nice to watch crash course. You rock! Merci!

amazing video, take in mind you should have read all about SHM before watching, for this is only for better understanding and falling in love with physics. not learning from scratch for most people

I think it would be a good idea to start using parentheses when displaying the equations. As it is [using w for omega], cos w t looks a lot like cos(w)*t.

This video was my first month of University Physics. It starts off so fun and easy...

it may be fast but had a detail explanation about the topic thank you for your explanation. AND CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE ME WHICH SOFTWARE HAD BEEN USED FOR MAKING THE ANIMATION ?

I love this woman’s crash courses💜

Question: at 7:05 if you were to translate this equation to the oscillating ball on a spring, would omega be just velocity max?

Check out some clips about the tacoma narrows bridge, that's an extreme case of what oscillations can do to a badly designed bridge.

Great video! Slightly fast paced, but nothing a little pausing and rewinding can't do. Don't understand some of the people that of they don't understand everything on the first moment they just go whining around that it's too fast. Hopefully they won't expect someone to cater on their learning preferences when they are in college.

7:06 it sounds like they did 2 recordings and put them together when she says omega

Thanks a lot for everything. ❤️❤️

All of you are such wonderful teachers ^_^. I understand this!

awesome video and the narrator is just brilliant!!!!! Her eyes tell all the equations of SHM.. but it was quite hard to catch up the pace of the video

Good Explanation on the Topic ...!!I am Loving it....😊😊👍

There is one more noteworthy analog between the simple harmonic motion and the uniform circular motion; the restoring force by the elastic spring matches to the projected centripetal force.

Why do moving back and forth, and moving in a circle look the same on a graph of position versus time?

I have a test this Sunday and crash course is my only support

Got a quiz on this tomorrow, wish me luck

wish I saw this before my first-year physics because this is golden

Good video. In my physics class we were given these equations and it’s good to know why👍

I think this is the first discussion of Physical Harmonics I've ever seen that didn't bring up the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

you lastly gave me a hint about the relation x=Acos(wt) i took it without understanding thanks alot

These videos are amazing.

3:32 best explanation ever

Could u explain the difference between the first harmonic and the second harmonic and so on?

Had to enable subtitles coz of the speedy explaino , anyways thank you! 😊

Thank you so much Crash Course!

Certainly more helpful than my physics textbook

Thank you so much, you are amazing!

hi shini i find this lesson very helpful and is easy to understand in few mins than my bloody nasty .... teacher thank you a lot

did they switch the sound of the ring and the sound of the spring? 1:54 3:55

Does anyone know some weird SHM aplications? I' m looking something beyond pendulums, strings, bridges, eardrums, water tubes etc...

JUST IN TIME!! YOU ROCK

gotta say though.....epic intro animations u got there. Kudos~

Can someone explain me why did they take Vmax at 5:00, I mean that it's not always maximum every time?

How can you relate spring constant (k) with wave?? i,e) T= 2π√(m/K) ???

So . . . why didn't the engineers of the 2001 Millennium Bridge learn the lesson from the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge?

Why is there angular velocity in simple harmonic motion if there are no angles but just a straight line on which the object moves (at least in the given example)? Or did I understand something incorrectly?

wish ic ould enjo my classes as much as i enjoy watching these videos

perfect video, good job

great lesson thank you so much

if the ecuation for the position of the marble is a cos the marble will allways be on the top turning point at t=0. but what if the marble is anywhere else at t=0? is this a stupid question? thx

Hello mam I am from India&first time i watched your video which was very good to understand this lession. THANKS A LOT OF

Scientist: Half the time they're revolutionizing the world's view of itself, the other half it's playing with a slink.

from 4;00 that eg is mind-BLOWING

Mam what type of software you are using for the animation of Physics concepts

Hi, QUESTION: What is the difference between Simple Harmonic Motion, (Complex) Harmonic Motion, Periodic Motion, Aperiodic Motion? Is Complex Harmonic Motion and Periodic Motion the same thing? I just try to search on it and find nowhere a clear answer on that. My assumption: Simple harmonic motion x(t) can be described as x(t)=Asin(ωt+φ). And a periodic motion (i assume that it's the same as harmonic motion) can be described as a sum of simple harmonic motions, where ω_k/ω_l for k,l∈Z+ is a rational number. And The motion is aperiodic, if this ratio two omegas is irrational. Am i right? :///

I don't think I'll be able to become an engineer. Physics 1 by itself is so much hell.

Great video

Already had my exam, this could have helped me :((