Tuesday, January 14, 2020

homework and exercises - What is the time period of an oscillator with varying spring constant?


It is well known that the time period of a harmonic oscillator when mass $m$ and spring constant $k$ are constant is $T=2\pi\sqrt{m/k}$.



However, I would be interested to know what the time period is if $k$ is not constant. I have searched hours after hours for right answers from Google and came up with nothing. I am looking for an analytical solution.




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