The Harmonic Oscillator

Visualization and Sonification


Create your own graph and a soundfile of the damped harmonic oscillator. Just specify the parameters in the input fields below, choose if you want a plot position vs. time or a phase space plot(position vs. velocity) and click on "Create Plot". You get a .gif file (5K), missing or wrong parameters (frequency<0) are replaced with default values.
After you creating a time vs. position plot you can also download a soundfile which tries to describe this system using sound.

System characteristics

frequency omega damping factor beta

Time range for the plot
minimum = 0 maximum

Initial conditions
starting velocity starting displacement

Pick the type of plot
position vs. time phase-space plot

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