Simple Harmonic Motion 3 Question 1

1. The displacement of a damped harmonic oscillator is given by x(t)=e0.1tcos(10πt+φ).

Here, t is in seconds.

The time taken for its amplitude of vibration to drop to half of its initial value is close to

(2019 Main, 10 April I)

(a) 27s

(b) 13s

(c) 4s

(d) 7s

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 1. (d)

Solution:

  1. Given, displacement is

x(t)=e0.1tcos(10πt+φ)

Here, amplitude of the oscillator is

A=e0.1t

Let it takes t seconds for amplitude to be dropped by half.

At

t=0A=1t=tA=A2=12

[from Eq. (i)]

At

So, Eq. (i) can be written as

e0.1t=12 or e0.1t=2

 or 0.1t=ln(2) or t=10.1ln(2)=10ln(2)

Now, ln(2)=0.693

t=10×0.693=6.93s or t7s



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