Normal-Mode Analysis

The following sections are included:

• Stability of Equilibrium Points

  • Sleeping Top

  • Bead on a Rotating Hoop

  • Circular Orbits in Central-Force Fields

• Small Oscillations about Stable Equilibria

• Normal-Mode Analysis of Coupled Oscillations

  • Coupled Simple Harmonic Oscillators

  • Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators

• Problems