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Simple Harmonic Motion Calculator

Where an oscillator is and how fast it moves, at any instant.

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0 starts at the center moving up.

The universal oscillation

x = A sin(ωt + φ), ω = 2πf

Pendulums at small angles, masses on springs, a guitar string's fundamental, voltage in an AC outlet: all the same equation. Peak speed is Aω at the center; peak acceleration Aω² at the extremes, which is why speaker cones and engine valves are limited by frequency squared, not frequency.