Index

A

animation argparse (Python module)

ArgumentParser (Python class) averaging geometric

C

centered difference

D

DOF (degree of freedom)

E

energy principle

error global

F

finite differences centered Flash (video format) forced vibrations

forward-backward Euler-Cromer scheme frequency (of oscillations)

G

geometric mean

H

HTML5 video tag

Hz (unit)

M

making movies mechanical energy mechanical vibrations

mesh finite differences mesh function MP4 (video format)

N

nonlinear restoring force

nonlinear spring

O

Ogg (video format)

oscillations

P

period (of oscillations)

phase plane plot

R

resonance

S

scitools movie command

stability criterion

V

vibration ODE

video formats

W

WebM (video format)