
Sketch graphs to show how each of the following quantities changes during the course of a single complete oscillation of an undamped pendulum: kinetic energy, potential energy, total energy.

Important Questions on Oscillations

A mass, hung from a spring, oscillates with simple harmonic motion. Which statement is correct?

The bob of a simple pendulum has a mass of . The pendulum oscillates with a period of and an amplitude of .At one point in its cycle it has a potential energy of .What is the kinetic energy of the pendulum bob at this point?

State and justify whether the following oscillators show simple harmonic motion. A basketball being bounced repeatedly on the ground.

State and justify whether the following oscillators show simple harmonic motion: A guitar string vibrating

State and justify whether the following oscillators show simple harmonic motion: A conducting sphere vibrating between two parallel, oppositely charged metal plates.

State and justify whether the following oscillators show simple harmonic motion: The pendulum of a grandfather clock

The pendulum of a clock is displaced by a distance of and it oscillates in s.h.m. with a period of . Write down an equation to describe the displacement x of the pendulum bob with time t.
