Energy Conservation During SHM
As shown here, total energy is conserved during simple harmonic motion, and has a magnitude equal to both the maximum spring potential energy,
1
/
2
k(x
max
)
2
, and the maximum kinetic energy of the mass,
1
/
2
m(v
max
)
2
.
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