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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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A ball is moving uniformly in a circular path of radius 1 m with a time period of 1.5 s. If the ball is suddenly stopped at t=8.3 s, the magnitude of the displacement of the ball with respect to its position at t=0 s is closest to:
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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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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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If the particle starts its motion from mean position, the phase difference between displacement and acceleration is ____.

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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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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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On an average, a human heart is found to beat 72 times a minute. Its frequency and period are
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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 point particle is acted upon by a restoring force -kx3. The time period of oscillation is T when the amplitude is A. The time period for an amplitude 2A will be:
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The Q factor for a damped oscillator is given by the
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The electron in the hydrogen atom is moving with a speed of 2.3×106 m s-1 in an orbit of 0.53 A0. Calculate the period of revolution of electron. π=3.142
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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: