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We start this part devoted to lumped parameter models by studying a simple paradigmatic model in physics: the harmonic oscillator. In principle, it corresponds to a mechanical system consisting of a mass connected to a spring and a dashpot (see Fig. 1.1), but it turns out that the model for a series electrical circuit including a resistance, an inductor and a capacitor, the so-called series RLC circuit, is analogous. This chapter is devoted to the analysis of the harmonic oscillator. Then, in the next chapter we translate the results to a series RLC electrical circuit.
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Bermúdez, A., Gómez, D., Salgado, P. (2014). The harmonic oscillator. In: Mathematical Models and Numerical Simulation in Electromagnetism. UNITEXT(), vol 74. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02949-8_1
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