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Re: [Phys-l] Help, I'm maths challenged.

On 3/18/2012 11:09 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
I understand the derivation of Q for linear and constant dissipation in a SHO, but I'm stuck on the derivation for quadratic dissipation.

Can one (or more) of you direct me to a source?

bc thinks he's stuck on the evaluation of a definite integral, but it may be earlier, and has internet searched much.

This is a paper about non linear ( "flip-flop") dissipation in slow pendula...

http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0109067v1

Brian W