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Harmonic Motion

Now we are to study the motion of a body when the resultant force on it is not constant, but varies during the motion. Naturally, there are an infinite number of ways in which a force may vary and hence no general expression can be given for the motion of a body when acted on by a variable force, except that the acceleration at each instant must equal the force at that instant divided by the mass of the body. There is, however, one particular mode of variation which is met with in practice so frequently that it is worth while to develop formulas for this special case. The force referred to is an elastic restoring force, brought into play whenever a body is distorted from its normal shape. When released, the body will be found to vibrate about its equilibrium position.

The example of this sort of motion is given below.

Suppose that a flat strip of steel is clamped vertically in a vice and a small mass is attached to its upper end as in Figure 19.

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