TY - EJOU AU - Ma, Yewan AU - Chang, Hansen AU - Wu, Zhaowang AU - Jiang, Yanyan AU - Li, Juan AU - Yin, Xunchang AU - Liu, Quanjin AU - Zhang, Lihua TI - Theoretical Study of the Energies of the Oscillating System with a Well- Distributed Mass of the Spring T2 - Sound \& Vibration PY - 2019 VL - 53 IS - 4 SN - 2693-1443 AB - The energy of a spring with a well-distributed mass ms is theoretically studied in this paper. The solution of the wave equation is derived in detail, and then the kinetic energy and potential energy of the spring are studied with the wave equation, as well as the kinetic energy of the oscillating mass M. The kinetic energy and potential energy of the spring, and total energy are numerically simulated for different ratios ms/M with considering the spring’s mass, which makes the property of energy of the oscillating system understood easily. KW - Spring; kinetic energy; potential energy of a spring; transcendental equation DO - 10.32604/sv.2019.04622