This curriculum module contains interactive [live scripts](https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/live-editor.html) and [Simulink® models](https://www.mathworks.com/products/simulink.html) that explore mass-spring-damper systems. Students learn to create and work with mass-spring-damper models in guided activities. These techniques are motivated by two applications: tuning the damping of a vehicle’s suspension and analyzing a building’s response to an earthquake. Throughout the module, students apply Simulink models to study the dynamics of the physical systems. In the final lesson, students identify the resonant frequencies of a mass-spring-damper building model by computing the power spectrum of a displacement signal. These lessons can be used as part of a lecture, as activities in an instructional setting, or as interactive assignments to be completed outside of class.
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