Velocity and Acceleration in Simple Harmonic Motion

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Velocity and Acceleration in Simple Harmonic Motion: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Equation of Velocity in Terms of Time,Equation of Velocity in Terms of Displacement,Equation of Acceleration in Terms of Time, etc.

Important Questions on Velocity and Acceleration in Simple Harmonic Motion

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A particle performs S.H.M. with amplitude A. The speed of particle is doubled at the instant when it is at A2distance from mean position. The new amplitude of the motion is

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A body attached to a spring oscillates in horizontal plane with frequency n. Its total energy is E If the velocity in he mean position is v, then the spring constant is

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The x-t graph of a particle performing simple harmonic motion is shown in the figure. The acceleration of the particle at t=2 s is:

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A rectangular block of mass 5 kg attached to a horizontal spiral spring executes simple harmonic motion of amplitude 1 m and time period 3.14 s. The maximum force exerted by spring on block is ___ N.

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If velocity of body is half the maximum velocity. Then what is the distance from the mean position?

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 A particle executes simple harmonic motion about x=0 along x-axis. The position of the particle at an instant is given by x=(5 cm) sinπt. Find the average velocity and average acceleration for a time interval 0 to 0.5 s.

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 Two particles P and Q of equal masses are suspended from two massless springs of force constants k1 and k2 respectively. If maximum velocities during oscillation are equal then the ratio of amplitudes of P and Q is

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If the maximum velocity of a particle performing S.H.M. is v, then the average velocity during its motion from one extreme position to the other will be 

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Velocity of a particle moving along a straight line at any time t is given by v=cosπ3t. Find out the distance travelled by the particle in the first two seconds.

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A body is executing simple harmonic motion. At time t, the positon and acceleration of the body are xt=x0 m and at=a0 m s-2, respectively. If x0=a0, then the angular velocity (in rad s-1)

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A hydrometer executes simple harmonic motion when it is pushed down vertically in a liquid of density ρ. If the mass of hydrometer is m and the radius of the hydrometer tube is r, then the time period of oscillation is

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The velocity of a particle executing SHM, while passing from its mean position is V0. If its amplitude is doubled, without changing its period of oscillation, its velocity at the mean position will be

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A body starts moving on x-axis from rest from x=-2m. Acceleration a of the particle varies according to the equation

a=-π rad s-12x for 0t12s

a=5π m s-2x^ for, t>12 s

Where x is the position vector of the particle at any instant t. Then velocity of the particle at x=π2 m is

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Figure shows the graph of velocity versus displacement of particle executing simple harmonic motion. The frequency of oscillation of the particle will be

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If y=Asinkx-ωt, then find dydxdydt.

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Find v and a in following equation of SHM.

 x=10sin2πt+π4

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The displacement of two particles executing S.H.M are represented by y1=asinωt and y2=acosωt+ϕ. The phase difference between the velocities of these particles is

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In the figure shown two motors P1 & P2 fixed on a plank which is hanging with light string passing over fixed Pulley P. If the motors starts winding the thread with angular velocity ω1 & ω2 then velocity of plank V is (here R1 & R2 are the radii of motor rotor respectively) [Given: ω1=2 rad s-1, R1=2 m, ω2=2 rad s-1, R2=3 m]

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The relation between the acceleration 'a' and displacement 'y' of a particle executing SHM is a a=-pqy, where p and q are constants. What will be the time period T of the particle?

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Which one of the following is the correct acceleration vs. time graph for a particle performing SHM?