Practice Problem sheet – 2

Faculty: Hasibul Hassan Rizvee (HaHR)

Course: PHY 2105/PHY105
Trimester: Fall 2024
Topic: Damped Simple Harmonic Motion

1. A loudspeaker produces a musical sound by means of the oscillation of a diaphragm

whose amplitude is limited to 1.00 µm. (i) At what frequency is the magnitude a of the
diaphragm’s acceleration equal to g?

2. At t =0, the displacement x (0) of the block in a linear oscillator is -8.50 cm. The block’s
velocity v (0) then is -0.920 m/s, and its acceleration a (0) is +47.0 m/s2. (i) What is the
angular frequency 𝜔 of this system? (ii) What are the phase constant 𝜙 and amplitude xm?

3. Two springs are joined and connected to a block of mass 0.245 kg that is set oscillating
over a frictionless floor. The springs each have spring constant k=6430 N/m. What is the
frequency of the oscillations?

4. The shock absorbers in an old car with mass 1000 kg are completely worn out. When a
980 N person climbs slowly into the car to its center of gravity, the car sinks 2.8 cm.
When the car with the person abroad, hits a bump, the car starts oscillating up and down
in simple harmonic motion. Find out the force constant, period, and frequency of the
oscillation.

5. A spring is mounted horizontally with its left-end stationery. The spring constant is
k=200 N/m and mass m=0.5 kg. This time we give the body an initial displacement of
0.015 m/s and an initial velocity of 0.40 m/s. (i) Find out the period, amplitude, and phase
constant of the motion. (ii) Write equations for the displacement, velocity, and
acceleration as a function of time.

6. At a certain harbor, the tides cause the ocean surface to rise and fall a distance d (from
highest level to lowest level) in simple harmonic motion, with a period of 12.5 h. How
long does it take for the water to fall a distance 0.250d from its highest level?

7. A capacitor 1.0µF, an inductor 0.2h and a resistance 800Ω are joined in series. Is the
circuit oscillatory?

8. For a damping spring the spring constant is 196 N/m and the angular frequency is 5
rad/sec. if the constant b=0.5 kg/sec. What will be the life time for this wave?

9. For a damped oscillator m = 580 gm, k = 240 N/m and b = 72 gm/s. The oscillator is
stretched up to 8 cm from the equilibrium and released at t = 0.
(i) What is the period of the motion? (ii) How long does it take for the amplitude of
the damped oscillations to drop to one third of its initial value?

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10. Find whether the discharge of capacitor through the following inductive circuit is
oscillatory.
C = 0.1µF, L = 10mh, R 200 Ω.
i. If Oscillatory, find the frequency of oscillation.
ii. Find the approximate wave life time.

11. Suppose a spring block-system moves between top and bottom point of a tall buildings as
a mass damper. The block has mass m=2.72x105 kg and designed to oscillate at a
frequency f=10 Hz with amplitude xm=20 cm. Calculate (i) the mechanical energy, (ii)
what is the block speed as it passes through the equilibrium point? Iii) the maximum
acceleration of the spring block-system.

12. Calculate the value of L that is required to construct a critically damped RLC circuit with
R = 50 Ω, C = 0.2µF. Construct the equation of charge if the initial charge in the capacitor
is Q0 = 5 C and L = 0.3 mH, R = 50 Ω, C = 0.2µF.

13. A mass spring system in DHM with m = 500 g, b= 80 N/m.

(i) What must be the spring constant of the spring for the system to be oscillatory.
(ii) If the time period of the undamped oscillator is 2 rads-1 and the initial amplitude of the
oscillator is 2 m, what will be the displacement at t = M sec? Here M is the last digit of
your Student ID. Here M is the last digit of your student ID. If the last digit of your ID is
0 then use M = 7.

14. For a damped oscillator m = 200 gm, k = 90 N/m and b = 68 gm/s.

i. How long does it take for the amplitude of the damped oscillations to drop to one
fifth of its initial value?
ii. The maximum displacement of undammed oscillator is 35 cm. If the damping is
stopped after Z cycles, what is the damping energy? Here Z is the last digit of your
student ID. If the last digit of your ID is 0 then use Z = 5.

15. For a damped oscillator, m = 380 gm, k = 19.6 N/m, and b = 82 gm/s. The oscillator is
released at t = 0 and the amplitude is 5 cm.
(i) How long does it take for the amplitude of the damped oscillations to drop to one fourth
of its initial value?
(ii) How may complete cycle of oscillations be found after t = 6 s?

16. Labid wants to construct an RLC circuit that produces critical damping. He has a capacitor
and inductor with value, C = 0.05 µF, L = 0.2 mH, respectively.
(i) What is the value of resistance he must connect to make his desired circuit?
(ii) If R = 500 Ω, is the circuit oscillatory? If oscillatory, find the frequency of oscillation.

17. Karim want to construct a RLC circuit that produces critical damping. He has a capacitor
and inductor with value, C = 0.003 mF, L = 0.0001 H respectively.
(i) What is the value of resistance he must connect to make his desired circuit?
(ii) If R = 800 Ω, is the circuit oscillatory? If oscillatory, find the frequency of oscillation.
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18. Draw displacement vs time graph for 𝜔⁄𝛾 = 10, 𝜔⁄𝛾 = 0.5, and 𝜔⁄𝛾 = 0.03.

19. In oscillatory circuit L= 0.4h, C = 0.0020μF. (i) What is maximum value of resistance (R)
for the circuit to be oscillatory? and (ii) What is its resonant frequency?

20. Find whether the discharge of capacitor through the following inductive series circuit is
oscillatory or not. Given, C = 0.1µF, L = 10mh, and R 200 Ω. If oscillatory, find the
frequency of oscillation and resonant frequency. If it is parallel circuit, then find out the
similar characteristics of that circuit.

21. For a damped oscillator m =250gm, k = 85N/m and b = 70gm/s. (i) What is the period of
the motion? (ii) How long does it take for the amplitude of the damped oscillations to
drop to half its initial value? (iii) How many oscillations does it complete in life time?
(iv) What is its life time? (v) The maximum displacement of undammed oscillator is 35
cm. If the damping is stopped after 20 cycles, what is the damping energy? (vi) How long
does it take for the mechanical energy to drop to one-half its initial value? and (vii) What
is the ratio of the oscillation amplitude to the initial oscillation amplitude at this cycle?

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22. At time t=0 the displacement of a particle in a medium is 𝑦 = 4.0 sin 2𝜋 (100)and the
velocity of wave 100 is 30cm/s. Find the displacement equation when t = 3s.

23. When a simple harmonic motion is propagated through a medium, the displacement of the
particle at any instant of time is given by 𝑦 = 2𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝑡 − 0.0035𝑥).
Calculate the (i) wave velocity, (ii) wavelength, (iii) amplitude and (iv) frequency.
24. When a simple harmonic wave is propagated through a medium, the displacement of the
particle at any instant of time is given by 𝑦 = 5.0𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜋(360𝑡 − 0.15𝑥). Calculate (i) the
amplitude of the vibrating particle, (ii) wave velocity, (iii) wave length, (iv) frequency (v)
maximum velocity, and (vi) time period.

25. The equation of a progressive wave is given by y=5 sin (100πt−0.4πx). Calculate the (i)
amplitude, (ii) wave length, (iii) frequency, (iv) time period, (v) wave velocity, (vi)
angular frequency, (vii) maximum velocity, (viii) maximum acceleration, (viii) phase
velocity, and (viii) instantaneous velocity, at t=3 s and x=2 m.

26. A simple harmonic wave of amplitude 8units travels a line of particles in the direction of
positive X axis. At any instant for a particle at a distance of 10cm from the origin, the
displacement is +6units and at a distance a particle from the origin is 25units, the
displacement is +4units. Calculate the wavelength.

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27. Determine the length and frequency of a simple pendulum that will swing back and forth
in simple harmonic motion with a period of 5.00 s.

28. Suppose the displacement of a DHM is expressed as 𝑥 = 𝐴𝑒−𝛼𝑡cos (𝜔𝑑𝑡 + 𝛿). Show that
total energy of DHM is 𝐸 = 𝐸𝑜𝑒−2𝛼𝑡.

29. Draw displacement vs time graph for a signal up to 3 cycles if the signal is 𝑦(𝑡) =
7𝑒−𝛼𝑡cos (6𝑡 + 𝜙).

30. 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.

31. The mass of the block and the spring constant of a damped spring-mass system is 400 gm
and 100 N/m, respectively. If the damping constant is 10 kg/sec, then find the time taken
for its amplitude of vibrations to drop to half of its initial value.

32. The suspension system of a 2000 kg automobile “sags” 10 cm when the chassis is placed
on it. Also, the oscillation amplitude decreases by 50% each cycle. Estimate the values of
(i) the spring constant k and (ii) Time period of the DHM, and (iii) the damping constant
b for the spring and shock absorber system of one wheel, assuming each wheel supports
the mass of 500 kg. Consider, 𝜔𝑑 = 𝜔.

33. A mobile phone tower transmits a wave signal of frequency 900MHz. Calculate the
length of the waves transmitted from the mobile phone tower.

34. For a travelling wave the displacement is y=5sin30π[t−(x/240)]. Find the frequency of the
wave.

35. Find out the resultant amplitude, node and antinode points of a standing wave in terms of
1 1
𝜆 of the following equations: 𝑦1 = 𝐴 cos (3 𝑘𝑥 + 𝜔𝑡) and 𝑦2 = 𝐴 cos (3 𝑘𝑥 − 𝜔𝑡)

36. Find out the resultant amplitude, node and antinode points of a standing wave in terms of
𝜆 of the following equations: 𝑦1,2 = 𝐴sin(2𝑘𝑥 ± 𝜔𝑡).