schrodinger56 Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) Looking at the chain blinds on my back door this morning I noticed it was oscillating as a sine wave (see attached link to MP4) is this an example of SHM caused by the breeze that was blowing at the time? Thanks https://bit.ly/2wiP5sf Edited August 27, 2018 by schrodinger56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 Looking at the chain blinds on my back door this morning I noticed it was oscillating as a sine wave (see attached link to MP4) is this an example of SHM caused by the breeze that was blowing at the time? Thanks https://bit.ly/2wiP5sfYes I think it is. Each chain is swinging like a pendulum and, for small amplitudes of swing, such that sin x ~ x, that will be simple harmonic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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