An object attached to a spring sliding on a frictionless surface is an uncomplicated type of what device?
atomic watch
wheel and axle
pendulum
simple harmonic oscillator
Figure 16.9 An object attached to a spring sliding on a frictionless surface is an uncomplicated simple harmonic oscillator. When displaced from equilibrium, the object performs simple harmonic motion that has an amplitude X and a period T . The object’s maximum speed occurs as it passes through equilibrium. The stiffer the spring is, the smaller the period.