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In an experiment to find the loss of energy with respect to time in the case of a swinging simple pendulum, the graph between the square of amplitude and time is best represented by

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Important Questions on Simple Harmonic Motion

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A block of mass 0.1 kg is connected to an elastic spring of spring constant 640 N m-1 and oscillates in a damping medium of damping constant 10-2 kg s-1 . The system dissipates its energy gradually. The time taken for its mechanical energy of vibration to drop to half of its initial value, is closest to-
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A pendulum with the time period of 1 s is losing energy due to damping. At a certain time, its energy is 45 J. If after completing 15 oscillations its energy has become 15 J, then its damping constant (in s-1) will be

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Two pendulums C and D are suspended from a wire as shown in the given figure. Pendulum C is made to oscillate by displacing it from its mean position. It is seen that D also starts oscillating. If the length of D is made equal to C, then what difference will you notice in the oscillations of D

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The Q factor for a damped oscillator is given by the
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The amplitude of a mass-spring system, which is executing simple harmonic motion decreases with time. If mass =500 g, Decay constant =20 g s-1 then how much time is required for the amplitude of the system to drop to half of its initial value? ln2=0.693
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Why does the amplitude of a vibrating body continuously decrease during damped vibrations?
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Two pendulums C and D are suspended from a wire as shown in the given figure. Pendulum C is made to oscillate by displacing it from its mean position. It is seen that D also starts oscillating. Name the type of oscillation, C will execute.
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A cylindrical plastic bottle of negligible mass is filled with 310 ml of water and left floating in a pond with still water. If pressed downward slightly and released, it starts performing simple harmonic motion at angular frequency ω. If the radius of the bottle is 2.5 cm then ω is close to: ( density of water =103 kg m-3)
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The amplitude of a simple pendulum, oscillating in air with a small spherical bob, decreases from 10 cm to 8 cm in 40 seconds. Assuming that Stokes law is valid, and ratio of the coefficient of viscosity of air to that of carbon dioxide is 1.3, the time in which amplitude of this pendulum will reduce from 10 cm to 5 cm in carbondioxide will be close to (ln 5 = 1.601, ln 2 = 0.693).

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Instantaneous power delivered to a damped harmonic oscillator (natural frequency is ω0), by an external periodic force (driving frequency ω) under steady state conditions is
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The displacement of a damped harmonic oscillator is given by xt=e-0.1tcos10πt+φ. Here t is in seconds. The time taken for its amplitude of vibration to drop to half of its initial value is close to:
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The amplitude of a damped oscillator becomes half in one minute. The amplitude after 3 minutes will be 1x times the original. Then x is
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For a simple pendulum, a graph is plotted between its kinetic energy (K.E.) and potential energy (P.E.) against its displacement d. which one of the following represents these correctly? (graphs are schematic and not drawn to scale)
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The amplitude of a damped oscillator decreases to 0.9 times its original magnitude in 5s. In another 10s it will decrease to α times its original magnitude, where α equals :
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A block with mass M is connected by a massless spring with stiffness constant k to a rigid wall and moves without friction on a horizontal surface. The block oscillates with small amplitude A about an equilibrium position x 0 . Consider two cases : (i) when the block is at x0 and (ii) when the block is at x=x0+A. In both the cases, a particle with mass m<M is softly placed on the block after which they stick to each other. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true about the motion after the mass m is placed on the mass M?
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Two light identical springs of spring constant k are attached horizontally at the two ends of a uniform horizontal rod AB of length l and mass m. The rod is pivoted at its center 'O' and can rotate freely in horizontal plane. The other ends of the two springs are fixed to rigid supports as shown in figure. The rod is gently pushed through a small angle and released. The frequency of resulting oscillation is:
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A particle executes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 5cm . When the particle is at 4cm from the mean position, the magnitude of its velocity in SI units is equal to that of its acceleration. Then, its periodic time in seconds is:
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The system that returns to equilibrium as quickly as possible without oscillating is
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A block of mass 1 kg attached to a spring is made to oscillate with an initial amplitude of 12 cm. After 2 minutes the amplitude decreases to 6 cm. Determine the value of the damping constant for this motion. (take ln2=0.693 )
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A damped harmonic oscillator has a frequency of 5 oscillations per second. The amplitude drops to half its value for every 10 oscillations. The time it will take to drop to 11000 of the original amplitude is close to: