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* On Free Mechanical Vibrations As derived in section 4.1( following Newton’s 2nd law of motion and the Hooke’s law), the D.E. for the mass-spring oscillator is given by: In the simplest case, when b = 0, and Fe = 0, i.e. Undamped, free vibration, we can rewrite the D.E: As When b ? 0, but Fe = 0, we have damping on free vibrations. The D. E. in this case is: Case I: Underdamped Motion (b2 4mk) Case II: Overdamped Motion (b2 4mk) In this case, we have two distinct real roots, r1 r2. Clearly both are negative, hence a general solution: No local max or min One local max One local min Ca