The study of two-dimensional oscillations using a smartphone acceleration sensor: example of Lissajous curves

A smartphone acceleration sensor is used to study two-dimensional harmonic oscillations. The data recorded by the free android application, Accelerometer Toy, is used to determine the periods of oscillation by graphical analysis. Different patterns of the Lissajous curves resulting from the superpos...

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Autores: Tuset Sanchis, Luis, Castro-Palacio, Juan Carlos|||0000-0002-0132-9989, Gómez-Tejedor, José-Antonio|||0000-0001-6854-0829, Manjón, Francisco-Javier|||0000-0002-3926-1705, Monsoriu Serra, Juan Antonio|||0000-0003-3350-7951
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/63735
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/63735
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Smartphone
Acceleration sensor
Lissajous curves
Two-dimensional oscillations
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Sumario:A smartphone acceleration sensor is used to study two-dimensional harmonic oscillations. The data recorded by the free android application, Accelerometer Toy, is used to determine the periods of oscillation by graphical analysis. Different patterns of the Lissajous curves resulting from the superposition of harmonic motions are illustrated for three experiments. This work introduces an example of how two-dimensional oscillations can be easily studied with a smartphone acceleration sensor.