Assignment I

Last Date 24-05-2021

Group 1 (Roll. No.s 1 to 6 )

1. Calculate the resonating frequency and Q-factor of the circuit containing 0.02 μF capacity, 80
mH inductance and 0.25 ohm resistance.
2. Find the equation of a wave of amplitude 2 cm, period 0.5 s and velocity 200 cm/s moving
along the x axis
3. A steel wire 0.72 m long has a mass of 5×10-3 kg. If the wire is under a tension of 60 N, what
is the speed of transverse waves on the wire?
4. Interference fringes are formed in a thin air wedge using sodium light of wavelength 5893
Å . When observed normally 10 fringes are found in a distance of 1cm. Calculate the angle
of the wedge.
5. The radius of curvature of the convex surface of a plano- convex lens is 120 cm. The lens is
placed convex side down on a plane glass plate, and is illuminated from above with red
light of wavelength 650 nm. Find the diameter of the third bright ring in the interference
pattern.
6. Newton’s rings are formed by reflection in the air film between a plane surface and a
spherical surface of radius 50 cm. If the radius of the 3rd bright ring is 0.09 cm and that of
the 23rd is 0.25 cm, what is the wavelength of the light used?

Group 2 (Roll. No.s 7 to 12 )

1. In case of a forced harmonic oscillator the amplitude of vibrations increases from 0.02 mm at
very low frequency to a value 5 mm at the frequency of 100 Hz. Find 1) Q-factor, 2) damping
constant, 3) Relaxation time.
2. The equation of a wave travelling in a string is given by y=cos(0.5x-200t) where x is in cm
and t is in seconds. Evaluate the amplitude, wavelength, frequency, period and velocity of
propagation.
3. A steel wire 0.72 m long has a mass of 5×10-3 kg. If the wire is under a tension of 60 N, what
is the speed of transverse waves on the wire?
4. Newton’s rings are formed by reflection in the air film between a plane surface and a
spherical surface of radius 50 cm. If the radius of the 3 rd bright ring is 0.09 cm and that of
the 23rd is 0.25 cm, what is the wavelength of the light used?
5. What is antireflection coating?
6. Two plane glass surfaces in contact along one edge are separated at the opposite edge by a
thin wire. If 20 fringes are observed between these edges in sodium light ( =589×10-9 m) for
normal incidence, find thickness of the wire.
Group 3 (Roll. No.s 13-18 )

1. A wave of wavelength 0.30 m is travelling down a 300 m long wire whose total mass is 15
kg. If the wire is under tension of 1000 N, what is the velocity and frequency of the wave.
2. The equation of a transverse vibration of a stretched string is given by
, where x is measured in meters and t in seconds. evaluate
(i) Amplitude (ii) Wavelength (iii) Frequency and (iv) Velocity of wave.

3. In case of a forced harmonic oscillator the amplitude of vibrations increases from 0.01 mm
at very low frequency to a value 4 mm at the frequency of 200 Hz. Find 1) Q-factor, 2)
damping constant, 3) Relaxation time.
4. Interference fringes are formed in a thin air wedge using sodium light of wavelength 5893
Å . When observed normally 10 fringes are found in a distance of 1cm. Calculate the angle
of the wedge.
5. The radius of curvature of the convex surface of a plano- convex lens is 100 cm. The lens is
placed convex side down on a plane glass plate, and is illuminated from above with red
light of wavelength 610 nm. Find the diameter of the third bright ring in the interference
pattern.

6. What is antireflection coating?

Group 4 (Roll. No.s 19-24 )

1. The equation of a transverse vibration of a stretched string is given by

, where x is measured in meters and t in seconds. evaluate
(i) Amplitude (ii) Wavelength (iii) Frequency and (iv) Velocity of wave.

2. Calculate the resonating frequency and Q-factor of the circuit containing 0.03 μF capacity, 70
mH inductance and 0.30 ohm resistance.

3. A piece of wire 40 cm long is stretched by a load of 3 kg and has a mass of 1.44 g. Find the
fundamental frequency and frequency when p=2.

4. Two plane glass surfaces in contact along one edge are separated at the opposite edge by a
thin wire. If 20 fringes are observed between these edges in sodium light (=589×10-9 m) for
normal incidence, find thickness of the wire.

5. What is antireflection coating?

6. Newton’s rings are formed by reflection in the air film between a plane surface and a
spherical surface of radius 50 cm. If the radius of the 3 rd bright ring is 0.09 cm and that of
the 23rd is 0.25 cm, what is the wavelength of the light used?
Group 5 (Roll. No.s 25 to 30 )

1. The frequency of a tuning fork is 500 Hz and its Q factor is 7×104. Find the damping
constant and relaxation time.
2. The equation of a transverse vibration of a stretched string is given by
, where x is measured in meters and t in seconds. evaluate (i)
Amplitude (ii) Wavelength (iii) Frequency and (iv) Velocity of wave.
3. A wave of wavelength 0.40 m is travelling down a 200 m long wire whose total mass is 15
kg. If the wire is under tension of 1000 N, what is the velocity and frequency of the wave.
4. Newton’s rings are formed by reflection in the air film between a plane surface and a
spherical surface of radius 60 cm. If the radius of the 3 rd bright ring is 0.09 cm and that of
the 23rd is 0.25 cm, what is the wavelength of the light used?
5. What is antireflection coating?
6. Two plane glass surfaces in contact along one edge are separated at the opposite edge by a
thin wire. If 10 fringes are observed between these edges in sodium light (=589×10-9 m) for
normal incidence, find thickness of the wire.

Group 6 (Roll. No.s 31 to36 )

1. The equation of a wave travelling in a string is given by y=cos(0.4x-100t) where x is in cm

and t is in seconds. Evaluate the amplitude, wavelength, frequency, period and velocity of
propagation.
2. Calculate the resonating frequency and Q-factor of the circuit containing 0.05 μF capacity,
100 mH inductance and 0.25 ohm resistance.
3. A steel wire 0.72 m long has a mass of 5×10-3 kg. If the wire is under a tension of 60 N, what
is the speed of transverse waves on the wire?
4. A monochromatic light of wavelength 6000 Å is incident normally on a soap film of
refractive index 1.41. What is the least thickness of the film that will appear (I)bright and
(II) dark by reflection.
5. Interference fringes are formed in a thin air wedge using sodium light of wavelength 5800
Å . When observed normally 20 fringes are found in a distance of 1cm. Calculate the angle
of the wedge.
6. What is antireflection coating?
Group 7 (Roll. No.s 37 to 42 )

1. In case of a forced harmonic oscillator the amplitude of vibrations increases from 0.03 mm at
very low frequency to a value 6 mm at the frequency of 120 Hz. Find 1) Q-factor, 2)
damping constant, 3) Relaxation time.
2. A piece of wire 50 cm long is stretched by a load of 2.5 kg and has a mass of 1.44 g. Find the
fundamental frequency and frequency when p=2.
3. Find the equation of a wave of amplitude 5 cm, period 0.7 s and velocity 250 cm/s moving
along the x axis.

4. The radius of curvature of the convex surface of a plano- convex lens is 100 cm. The lens is
placed convex side down on a plane glass plate, and is illuminated from above with red
light of wavelength 650 nm. Find the diameter of the second bright ring in the interference
pattern.

5. Two optically plane glass plates of length 0.11 m placed over the other with a thin wire at
one end separating the two. The fringes formed with light of wavelength 600 nm are of width
2 mm. Calculate the radius of the wire.
6. What is antireflection coating?

Group 8 (Roll. No.s 42 to 48 )

1. A steel wire 0.72 m long has a mass of 5×10-3 kg. If the wire is under a tension of 60 N,
what is the speed of transverse waves on the wire?
2. The frequency of a vibrator is 600 Hz and its Q factor is 7×104. Find the damping constant
and relaxation time.
3. The equation of a transverse vibration of a stretched string is given by
, where x is measured in meters and t in seconds. evaluate
(i) Amplitude (ii) Wavelength (iii) Frequency and (iv) Velocity of wave.
4. Interference fringes are formed in a thin air wedge using sodium light of wavelength
5800 Å . When observed normally 20 fringes are found in a distance of 1 cm. Calculate the
angle of the wedge.
5. The radius of curvature of the convex surface of a plano- convex lens is 100 cm. The lens is
placed convex side down on a plane glass plate, and is illuminated from above with red
light of wavelength 680 nm. Find the diameter of the third bright ring in the interference
pattern.
6. What is antireflection coating?