This can be compared with the projection of the linear vertical motion of an oscillating mass on. The object oscillates around the equilibrium position, and the net force on the object is equal to the force provided by the spring. Repeated back and forth movement over the same path about an equilibrium position, such as a mass on a spring or pendulum. Its projection on the x-axis undergoes simple harmonic motion. In simple harmonic motion, the acceleration of the system, and therefore the net force, is proportional to the displacement and acts in the opposite direction of the displacement.Ī good example of SHM is an object with mass m attached to a spring on a frictionless surface, as shown in Figure. Simple harmonic motion is oscillatory motion for a system that can be described only by Hookes law.
