Rice University - Oscillators and Waves
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Oscillators and Waves at Coursera Overview
Duration | 19 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Oscillators and Waves at Coursera Course details
- What you'll learn
- Learners will be prepared to evaluate real-world data regarding oscillators and wave motion.
- Learners can solve complicated mathematical problems related to oscillators and waves.
- Learners will be prepared for more advanced courses in physics.
- This first course serves as an introduction to the physics of waves and light
- Upon completion, learners will understand how mathematical laws and conservation principles describe wave propagation and light in the context of both geometrical and physical optics
- Learners will gain experience in solving physics problems with tools such as graphical analysis, algebra, vector analysis, and calculus
- This first course covers the Wave Equation, Normal Modes, Wave Propagation, and Dispersion
- Each of the three modules contains complete video lectures, conceptual quizzes, and a set of homework problems
- This comprehensive course is similar in detail and rigor to those taught on-campus at Rice
- It will thoroughly prepare learners for their upcoming introductory physics courses or more advanced courses in physics
Oscillators and Waves at Coursera Curriculum
Oscillators
Kinematics
Oscillator Equation of Motion
Secret Mathematical Method
Oscillator Solution
Initial Conditions Example
Natural Frequency Demo
The Oscillator Equation
Nonlinear
Taylor Expansions
The Spring of Air Equation
Spring of Air Equilibrium
The Spring of Air Linearization
"Simple" Pendulum
Field Trip!
Superposition
Usefulness of Superposition
Complex Superposition
The Imaginary Axis
The Complex Plane
Simple Harmonic Motion in the Complex Plane
Superposition in the Complex Plane
Superposition Demo
Beats by Dr. Hafner
Beats Demo
Damped Equation of Motion
Some Trivial Solutions
A Good Solution
Light Damping
DYI Damping Demo
Quality Factor
Driven Equation of Motion
Steady State Solution
Dissecting the Solution
Steady State Phase and Amplitude
Resonant Amplitude
The Resonant Phase
Coupled Equations of Motion
Normal Modes
Normal Mode Solution 1
Normal Mode Solution 2
Abnormal Solution pt. 1
Abnormal Solution pt. 2
Abnormal Solution pt. 3 (with Demo)
HMNS Pendulum
Top Ten Signs It's Time for your Physics Professor to Retire
Course Introduction
Grading Philosophy and Advice
Stable Equilibrium?
Another guess
Messing with a Mass on a Spring
Weird Spring
Springdulumania!
Straw Poll
Sine and Cosine (literally)
Count the Modes
Mode Energy
Beat It
Oscillators Homework
Waves I
Continuum
Partial Derivatives
Small Segment
Curvature
Drama
Meaning
Normal Mode Solutions
Clamped String Boundary Conditions
Clamped String Normal Modes Demo
43 Normal Modes
Colorful Normal Modes
Normal Mode Parameters
Joe Fourier
Mathematical Statement
The Trick
Integrate
Evaluate
For Visual Learners
The Coefficients
Sloped String Example I
Sloped String Example II
Barry Manilow's Fourier Components
French's Fourier Foibles
Square Pulse Example
SPT - The Telekinetic Grad Student
Take a Partial
String Shape
Quite a String
Another Guess
Other Frequencies?
Wave Properties
Guessing Coefficients II
Waves I Homework
Waves II
Traveling Wave Equation
Traveling Wave Solutions
Wave Speed
Wave Speed Demo
The Traveling Pulse
Traveling Pulse Boundary Conditions
Wave Motion
Traveling Pulse a Better Way
Traveling Pulse Solution
The Stiff String
The Dispersion Curve
Non-Dispersive Beats
Phase and Group Velocities
Dispersive Beats
Dispersive Group Velocity
Lecture 7 - Sound in Air
Lecture 8 - Slinky Demo
Lecture 1 - A String Interface
Lecture 2 - Forces at Interfaces
Lecture 3 - Impedance
Lecture 4 - Boundary Conditions
Lecture 5 - Reflection and Transmission Coefficients
Lecture 6 - Interface Behavior (with String Demo)
Lecture 7 - Wave Machine Demo
Lecture 8 - Impedance Matching
Top Ten Phrases Rarely Used to Describe PHYS 126
Increasing Tension
Which Way?
Dispersion Relations
New Pulse
Waves II Homework
Oscillators and Waves Exam
Macro Raman of Starbase Concrete
Oscillators and Waves Exam
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