Magnetically driven oscillator and resonance: A teaching tool


EROL M., Çolak I.

Physics Education, cilt.53, sa.3, 2018 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/1361-6552/aab30b
  • Dergi Adı: Physics Education
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd.This paper reports a simple magnetically driven oscillator, designed and resolved in order to achieve a better student understanding and to overcome certain instructional difficulties. The apparatus is mainly comprised of an ordinary spring pendulum with a neodymium magnet attached to the bottom, a coil placed in the same vertical direction, an ordinary function generator, an oscilloscope and a smartphone. Driven oscillation and resonance is basically managed by applying a sinusoidal voltage to the coil and tuning the driving frequency to the natural frequency of the pendulum. The resultant oscillation is recorded by a smartphone video application and analyzed via a video analysis programme. The designed apparatus can easily be employed in basic physics laboratories to achieve an enhanced and deeper understanding of driven oscillation and resonance.