Figure shows the circular motion of a particle. The radius of the circle, the period, sense of revolution and the initial position are indicated on the figure. The simple harmonic motion of the x-projection of the radius vector of the rotating particle P is:
(1) x(t) = B sin
(2) x(t) = B cos
(3) x(t) = B sin
(4) x(t) = B
The amplitude of a simple pendulum, oscillating in air with a small spherical bob, decreases from 10 cm to 8 cm in 40 seconds. Assuming that Stokes law is valid, and the ratio of the coefficient of viscosity of air to that of carbon dioxide is 1.3 , the time in which amplitude of this pendulum will reduce from 10 cm to 5 cm in carbon dioxide will be close to (ln 5 = 1.601, ln 2 = 0.693) :
(1) 231 s
(2) 208 s
(3) 161 s
(4) 142 s
A particle which is simultaneously subjected to two perpendicular simple harmonic motions represented by; x = cos, and y = traces a curve given by:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
The angular frequency of the damped oscillator is given by, where k is the spring constant, m is the mass of the oscillator and r is the damping constant. If the ratio is 8%, the change in the time period compared to the undamped oscillator is approximately as follows:
(1) increases by 1%
(2) increases by 8%
(3) decreases by 1%
(4) decreases by 8%
A pendulum with a time period of 1s is losing energy due to damping. At a certain time, its energy is 45 J. If after completing 15 oscillations, its energy has become 15 J, its damping constant is:
(1)
(2)
(3) 2
(4)
Two particles are performing simple harmonic motion in a straight line about the same equilibrium point. The amplitude and time period for both particles are the same and equal to A and T, respectively. At time t = 0 one particle has displacement A while the other one has displacement -A/2 and they are moving towards each other. If they cross each other at time t, then t is:
(1) T/6
(2) 5T/6
(3) T/3
(4) T/4
A block of mass 0.1 kg is connected to an elastic spring constant 640 and oscillates in a damping medium of damping constant . The system dissipates its energy gradually. The time taken for its mechanical energy of vibrations to drop to half of its initial value is closest to:
1. 2s
2. 3.5 s
3. 5 s
4. 7 s
A damped harmonic oscillator has a frequency of 5 oscillations per second. The amplitude drops to half of its value for every 10 oscillations. The time it will take to drop to of the original amplitude is close to:
1. 100 s
2. 20 s
3. 10 s
4. 50 s
A simple pendulum oscillating in air has time period T. The bob of the pendulum is completely immersed in a non-viscous liquid. The density of the liquid is of the material of the bob. If the bob is inside liquid all the time, its period of oscillation in this liquid is:
1,
2.
3.
4.
The displacement of a damped harmonic oscillator is given by
. Here t is in seconds. The time taken for its amplitude of vibrations to drop to half of its initial value is close to:
1. 13 s
2. 7 s
3. 27 s
4. 4 s