When something vibrates at its natural frequency because of an oscilator vibrating at that frequency too does the oscillator transfer energy to start the motion of the object standing still? How exactly is that energy transfered?

I was exploring an interesting thought and reviewed some old books on tesla and had an idea based on this fundamental concept

This post was edited by Arbiter on Dec 21 2015 02:39pm

Are you talking about the natural frequency of an elastic physical body or an electric circuit?
If it's the natural frequency, then it's not because of an oscillator. If you do have an oscillator vibrating at that frequency, then it didn't start any motion, because the body was already vibrating at its natural frequency.

You can't make an earthquake machine

Let me do some more looking around because I don't think I asked the question in the right terms




And no, it was concerning particles and an application of one of his ideas which was as quoted by him "out of his current technological reach"

The vibration of the first object creates a compressional wave that "contains" energy. If this wave contacts the second object with matching frequency, that wave essentially transforms into the energy that vibrates the second object.

By this mechanism the first law of thermodynamics is conserved.

Yes this is more what I wanted I guess I should have specified quantum mechanic viewpoint, and as such you can transfer energy in this way to particles correct? Everything has a fundamental frequency? also curious what makes up that wave that transfer energy to the second object or particles because energy is a property of a matter therefore something has to transfer it

if i understand correctly what u r trying to explain... the answer is very simple.

a frequency is a sound wave which is movement of air at a specific rate

what causes the vibration is the air wave that is projected by the second object.

air particles r the matter that transfers the energy.