2nd year of post-compulsory secondary education
Simple Harmonic Movement
Carlos Campos Álvarez
SHM 
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4.2 Graphs of the energies involved

There is another way to represent the variations produced in the kinetic and potential energies of an S.H.M.
Remember that the expression for potential energy is:      

 

 

and therefore its graph corresponds to a parabola.

Mechanical or total energy remains constant and therefore its graph corresponds to a straight line.

If you click on next you can see both graphs combined.

 
Introduction
Definitions
Representing the S.H.M.
The kinematics of an S.H.M.
Position
Velocity
Acceleration
S.H.M. and Uniform Circular Movement
Phase
Conclusions
The dynamics of an S.H.M.
Elastic force
Frequency
Conclusions
The energy of an S.H.M.
Conservation of energy
Graphic representation
Conclusions
Evaluation