The amplitude of an oscillator is 8 cm and it completes 100 oscillations in 80s.
i) Calculate its time period and angular frequency. ii) If the initial phase is π/4, write expressions for its displacement and velocity. iii) Calculate the values of maximum
velocity and acceleration
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A harmonic wave on a rope is described by
i) Calculate the wavelength and time period of the wave. ii) Determine the
displacement and acceleration of the element of the rope located at x = 0.58 m at
time, t = 0.41 s.
What do you understand by the normal modes of a coupled oscillator? If a coupled
system has many normal modes, do all normal modes have the same frequency? In a
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accident site with a speed of 90 km h−1, Two police officers on separate motor
cycles head for the same accident site: one follows the ambulance with a speed of
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speed of 80 km h−1. What frequency does ambulance siren has for each of the police
officers? Take the speed of sound equal to 340 ms−1.
The amplitude of an oscillator is 8 cm and it completes 100 oscillations in 80s.
i) Calculate its time period and angular frequency. ii) If the initial phase is π/4, write expressions for its displacement and velocity. iii) Calculate the values of maximum
velocity and acceleration
A body of mass 0.15 kg executes SHM described by the equation
x(t ) = 2 sin(πt + π / 4)
where x is in meters and t is in seconds.
i) Determine the amplitude and time period of the oscillation.
ii) Calculate the initial values of displacement and velocity.
iii) Calculate the values of time when the energy of the oscillator is purely kinetic.
Two waves, travelling along the same direction, are given by
y1(x, t) = asin (ω1t − k1x)
and y2 (x, t) = asin (ω2t − k2x)
Suppose that the values of ω1 and k1 are respectively slightly greater than ω2 and
k2 . i) Obtain an expression for the resultant wave due to their superposition. ii)
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