Practice Damped Harmonic Oscillator - 4 | Simple harmonic motion, damped and forced simple harmonic oscillator | Physics-II(Optics & Waves)
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is damping?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think of a swinging object losing height over time.

Question 2

Easy

List the types of damping.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on the adjectives that describe how the system behaves.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What happens to the amplitude of a damped harmonic oscillator over time?

  • Increases
  • Decreases
  • Remains constant

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the effects of air resistance and friction.

Question 2

True or False: An overdamped system will oscillate.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the motion's characteristics.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

If a damped harmonic oscillator has a natural frequency of 10 rad/s and a damping coefficient that leads to Q=2, calculate the damping coefficient.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember to rearrange the Q Formula.

Question 2

A mass on a spring undergoes underdamped oscillation with an amplitude that decreases from 10 cm to 5 cm in 5 seconds. Calculate the decay constant Ξ³.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Use logarithms to isolate Ξ³.

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