I would start with something simple, like a smartphone. They have built in 3-way accelorometers (x,y,z) and are fairly sensitive. Free apps (Droid Market) such as Accelerometer Values or Accelerometer Toy will allow you to capture and save the data to the SD card then you can transfer to your...
Thanks. I'll try that...
The reason I posted is that I'm interested in steady state motion of the mass displacement relative to the system ONLY...not system + forcing function amplitude.
Will the homogeneous + particular solution provide this, or is there more to it...?
Thanks again!
Hi All,
This is my first post here, and thanks in advance for any help and direction.
I'm trying to model an enclosed damped mass spring system with an external forcing function acting on the system (not on the mass directly). Ultimately I would like to plot/calculate the motion (y) of...