This document discusses free oscillations in a physical pendulum and analyzing them using Fourier analysis. It breaks the analysis into 3 parts: solving the wave equation to find normal modes of oscillation, using Fourier analysis to express arbitrary motions as a sum of normal modes, and applying this to analyze oscillations in a physical pendulum.
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Sam Higginbotham PHYS 422: Free Oscillations
This document discusses free oscillations in a physical pendulum and analyzing them using Fourier analysis. It breaks the analysis into 3 parts: solving the wave equation to find normal modes of oscillation, using Fourier analysis to express arbitrary motions as a sum of normal modes, and applying this to analyze oscillations in a physical pendulum.