The vibrating cantilever examines what happen the spring element is not light. Additionally, it examines a beam as a complete self-contained system, forming the mass and the spring. Free Vibrations Of A Cantilever fits to the sturdy Test Frame for study or demonstration. However, in mass spring system, we normally assume a light spring compared to the mass. The vibrating cantilever forms a simple and highly visual example of oscillations that may occur in real structures such as aircraft wings. A beam with the mass at the end works in a similar way to a mass spring system - the stiffness of the beam simply replaces the stiffness of the spring.
Free Vibrations Of A Cantilever is part of a range that explores free vibrations in simple one degree of freedom systems.
It introduces students to key scientific terms such as:
Phase difference between displacement and its derivatives
Beam stiffness
Second moment of area
Simple harmonic motion and frequency of oscillation.
