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    What is anharmonicity and how does it relate to oscillation?

    thanks for the help. can someone explain the difference between non-harmonic, anharmonic and non-linear oscillation?
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    What is anharmonicity and how does it relate to oscillation?

    I am guessing that for the same value of \varphi, \varphi will be larger than \sin \varphi. So the SHM will have a larger restoring torque compared to the non-harmonic motion. Correct? So if the SHM has a greater restoring torque, it will oscillate faster. Does this means that at larger...
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    What is anharmonicity and how does it relate to oscillation?

    Using the small angle rule, \ddot{\varphi}=-\omega_0^2 \varphi So we can say that the acceleration,\ddot{\varphi} is directly proportional to the displacement, \varphi and are oppositely directed. Is this sufficient to conclude that this is harmonic motion? Is "anharmonic motion" and...
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    What is anharmonicity and how does it relate to oscillation?

    In SHM, the period is independent of the amplitude, right? Wikipedia says it is isochronous. For a non-harmonic motion, will the period increase as the amplitude increases? Take more time to cover a longer distance...
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    What is anharmonicity and how does it relate to oscillation?

    Since SHO is only true for very small angles, so I guess we have to displace the pendulum at a large angle.
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    What is anharmonicity and how does it relate to oscillation?

    For my physics lab report, we are supposed to conduct an experiment to show the non-harmonic oscillation of a simple pendulum. I know what is simple harmonic oscillation, damped oscillation, driven damped oscillation. But what is a non-harmonic oscillation? A google search reveals that there...
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