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Coupled Harmonic Oscillators

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Fundamentals of Mechanical Vibrations
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The aim in this chapter is to discuss the situation in which two mechanical oscillators interact with each other and energy can be interchanged between them.

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Hussey, M. (1983). Coupled Harmonic Oscillators. In: Fundamentals of Mechanical Vibrations. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17070-8_6

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