
A simple pendulum of length feet suspended from the ceiling of an elevator takes seconds to complete one oscillation. The acceleration of the elevator is upwards. The value of is:


Important Questions on Simple Harmonic Motion

A simple pendulum of length is suspended from the ceiling of a car moving with a speed on a circular horizontal road of radius .The time period of small oscillation is given as . Find the value of

The ear-ring of a lady shown in figure has a long light suspension wire.
Find the time period of small oscillations if the lady is standing on the ground.
The lady now sits in a merry-go-round moving at in a circle of radius Find the time period of small oscillations of the ear-ring.

Find the time period of small oscillations of the following systems.
(a) A meter stick suspended through the mark.
(b) A ring of mass and radius suspended through a point on its periphery.
(c) A uniform square plate of edge suspended through a corner.
(d) A uniform disc of mass and radius suspended through a point away from the Centre.



A hollow sphere of radius is attached to an long thread to make a pendulum. If the time period of oscillation of this pendulum is and it differ from the time period calculated using the formula for a simple pendulum is ?
Find .

A closed circular wire hung on a nail in a wall undergoes small oscillations of amplitude and time period . Find
(a) the radius of the circular wire,
(b) the speed of the particle the farthest away from the point of suspension as it goes through its mean position,
(c) the acceleration of this particle as it goes through its mean position and
(d) the acceleration of this particle when it is at an extreme position. (Take )
