Damped Oscillations

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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

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A particle is oscillating freely with a natural frequency ω0 and amplitude a. It is later subjected to a damping force proportional to its velocity and keeps oscillating with a frequency ω. Which of the following statement is true?

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

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The amplitude of a damped oscillator decreases to 0.9 times its original magnitude is 5 s. In another 10 s it will decrease to α times its original magnitude, where α equals. 

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If a simple pendulum has significant amplitude (up to a factor of 1e of original) only in the period between t=0 s to t=τ s then τ 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 b as the constant of proportionality, the average lifetime of the pendulum is (assuming damping is small) in seconds

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Damped harmonic oscillator consists of a block m=2 kg, a spring k=8π2 N/m, and a damping force F=-bv. Initially, it oscillates with an amplitude of 25 cm. 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 b (in 10-2 kg/s)? (Assume small damping and take : ln34=-0.28)

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

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When a damped harmonic oscillator completes 100 oscillations, its amplitude is reduced to 13rd  of its initial value. What will be its amplitude when it completes 200 oscillations?
 

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A pendulum with time period of 1 s is losing energy due to damping. At certain time its energy is 45J. If after completing 15 oscillations, its energy has become 15 J, its damping constant (in s-1 ) is

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A damped oscillator consists of a spring-mass system with mass 2 kg and spring of spring constant 10 N m-1. The damping force is given by F=-bdxdt where b=280 g s-1. The time required for the amplitude of the oscillations to reduce to one-fourth 14th of its initial value is: (Assume ln2=0.7)

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The amplitude of a damped oscillator becomes half in one minute. The amplitude after 3 minute will be 1/x times the original, where x is

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The damping force on an oscillator is directly proportional to the velocity. The unit of the constant of proportionality is

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A damped harmonic oscillator has amplitude 16 cm at t=2 sec. Then, the amplitude of same oscillator at t=8 sec will be... (initial amplitude=32 cm),

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If equation of displacement of a damped oscillation is given by x=e-0.2tsin(ωt+ϕ) then time after which amplitude will be one fourth of its initial value-

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Amplitude of an oscillating body become half after 20 oscillations then after 100 oscillations its amplitude become how much multiple of initial amplitude:

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The amplitude of a damped oscillator becomes one third in 2 sec. If its amplitude after 6 sec is 1/n times the original amplitude then the value of n is

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An oscillator of mass 10 g is oscillating with natural frequency of 100 Hz. Under slight damped conditions, a periodic force, F=100cos20πt is applied on it. The amplitude of oscillation is approximately,

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The amplitude of a S.H.M. reduces to 13 in first 20 s. Then in first 40 s its amplitude becomes -

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A block of mass 200 g executing SHM under the influence of a spring of spring constant k=90 N m-1 and a damping constant b=40 g s-1 . What is the time elapsed for its amplitude to drop to half of its initial value ?(Given. In (1/2)=-0.693 )

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When an oscillator completes 100 oscillation its amplitude is reduced to 13 of initial value. What will be its amplitude, when it completes 200 oscillation: - 

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The energy of the damped oscillator at any instant t is given by, E=E0e-btm, where E0 is its initial energy and b=40 g s-1 is the damping constant. For a block of mass, m=200 g, find the time elapsed for its mechanical energy to drop to half of its initial value.