How to use the Damped Forced Vibrations Tool

Setting Initial Conditions

• [Start] begins a trajectory using preset initial conditions.
• Clicking in the time series will set an initial value of x and start a trajectory.

Parameter Sliders

• Use the sliders to change the values for the parameters m, b, k, F, and .
• Press the mouse down on the slider knob for the parameter you want to change and drag the mouse back and forth, or click the mouse in the slider channel at the desired value for the parameter.

Time Series Buttons

• The buttons labeled
  [Transient]
  [Steady State]
  [Position]
  turn the time series graphs on and off.

Other Buttons

• [Pause] stops a trajectory without canceling it.
• [Continue] resumes the motion of a paused trajectory.