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The variation of amplitude of forced oscillation vs driving frequency, which point represents the heavy damping.

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Important Questions on Simple Harmonic Motion

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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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The phenomenon that occurs when the frequency of forced vibrations on an object matches the natural frequency of that object, and produces a dramatic increase in amplitude is called
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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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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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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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In case of a forced vibration, the resonance wave becomes very sharp when the:
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A rectangular block of mass m and area of cross-section A floats in a liquid of density ρ. If it is given a vertical displacement from equilibrium, it undergoes oscillation with a time period T. Then
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What do you understand by free vibrations of a body?
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Why does the amplitude of a vibrating body continuously decrease during damped vibrations?
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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:
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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, D will execute.

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A simple pendulum oscillating in air has period T . The bob of the pendulum is completely immersed in a non-viscous liquid. The density of the liquid is 116th of the material of the bob. If the bob is inside liquid all the time, its period of oscillation in this liquid is:
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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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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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A cylindrical block of wood of mass 10 kg and radius 10 cm is floating in water with its axis vertical. When it is depressed a little and then released, it starts executing simple hormonic motion (SHM). The frequency of the SHM, executed by the block is:
(Assume g=10 m s-2 and let ρ is the density of the water)
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Consider a driven damped mechanical oscillator is in resonance. Which of the following statements is true ?
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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 simple harmonic oscillator of angular frequency 2 rad s-1 is acted upon by an external force F=sint NIf the oscillator is at rest in its equilibrium position at t=0, its position at later times is proportional to: