PHY280F Vibrations and Waves 2002

References: 

A.P. French: Vibrations and Waves (AF); A.Hirose, K. Lonngren: Introduction to Wave Phenomena (H-L)

Syllabus (draft)

Lectures 1 - 3 Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM). The rotating vector representation. Complex numbers. 

The complex exponential. Superposition of vibrations. Ref.: AF Ch. 1, 2.

Lectures 4 - 5 Free vibrations of physical systems. Damped SHM. Forced oscillations. Ref.: AF Ch. 3, 4.

Lectures 6 - 8 Power absorbed by a driven oscillator. Coupled oscillators and normal modes. Ref.: AF Ch. 5.

Lectures 9 - 12 Springs and strings: energy, momentum, force. Creation of Waves. Transverse waves. 

Reflection of waves. Ref.: H-L Ch. 2, 3

Lectures 13 -18 Standing Waves. Dispersion, group velocity. Fourier analysis. 

The LC transmission line. Ref.: H-L Ch. 6, 9, 13