Damped Oscillations
Damped Oscillations: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Damped Oscillations, Damping Constant, Angular Frequency in Damped Oscillations & Amplitude in Damped Oscillation etc.
Important Questions on Damped Oscillations
A particle is oscillating freely with a natural frequency and amplitude . It is later subjected to a damping force proportional to its velocity and keeps oscillating with a frequency Which of the following statement is true?

A simple pendulum is set into vibrations. The bob of the pendulum comes to rest after some time due to

The amplitude of a damped oscillator decreases to times its original magnitude is . In another it will decrease to times its original magnitude, where equals.

If a simple pendulum has significant amplitude (up to a factor of of original) only in the period between to then may be called the average life of the pendulum. When the spherical bob of the pendulum suffers a retardation (due to viscous drag) proportional to its velocity, with as the constant of proportionality, the average lifetime of the pendulum is (assuming damping is small) in seconds

Damped harmonic oscillator consists of a block a spring and a damping force Initially, it oscillates with an amplitude of Because of the damping, the amplitude falls to three-fourths of this initial value at the completion of four oscillations. What is the value of (in )? (Assume small damping and take : )

Which of the following differential equations represents a damped harmonic oscillator?

When a damped harmonic oscillator completes oscillations, its amplitude is reduced to of its initial value. What will be its amplitude when it completes oscillations?

pendulum with time period of is losing energy due to damping. At certain time its energy is If after completing oscillations, its energy has become its damping constant (in ) is

A damped oscillator consists of a spring-mass system with mass and spring of spring constant . The damping force is given by where The time required for the amplitude of the oscillations to reduce to one-fourth of its initial value is: (Assume )

The amplitude of a damped oscillator becomes half in one minute. The amplitude after minute will be times the original, where is


A damped harmonic oscillator has amplitude at . Then, the amplitude of same oscillator at will be... (initial amplitude),

If equation of displacement of a damped oscillation is given by then time after which amplitude will be one fourth of its initial value-

Amplitude of an oscillating body become half after oscillations then after oscillations its amplitude become how much multiple of initial amplitude:

The amplitude of a damped oscillator becomes one third in If its amplitude after is times the original amplitude then the value of is

An oscillator of mass is oscillating with natural frequency of 100 Hz. Under slight damped conditions, a periodic force, is applied on it. The amplitude of oscillation is approximately,

The amplitude of a S.H.M. reduces to in first . Then in first its amplitude becomes -

A block of mass executing under the influence of a spring of spring constant and a damping constant . What is the time elapsed for its amplitude to drop to half of its initial value ?(Given. In )

When an oscillator completes oscillation its amplitude is reduced to of initial value. What will be its amplitude, when it completes oscillation: -

The energy of the damped oscillator at any instant is given by, , where is its initial energy and is the damping constant. For a block of mass, , find the time elapsed for its mechanical energy to drop to half of its initial value.
