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Experiment / damped oscillatorInteractive study
Damped oscillationA synthetic curve of exponential decay times a cosine. Adjust damping using the slider beneath the graph.10−1048t (s)a little friction changes everythingtry the damping ↓
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x(t) = e−αt cos(ωt)Change a parameter. See the idea.

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// From a file to a figure.
<AlkChart
  src="./oscillation.csv"
  x="time" y="displacement"
  zoom
/>

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