Gain and Phase Shift^*

David Smith, Duke University

with the assistance of
Jer-Chin Chuang, Furman University
John Michel, Marietta College

Purpose: To explore the relationship between frequency of an external driving force and the parameters of a damped linear oscillator.

Prerequisite: The module on Forced Spring Motion.

* Based on a laboratory in Differential Equations Laboratory Workbook, by R. L. Borrelli, C. Coleman, and W. E. Boyce, Wiley, 1992.