What is Simple harmonic motion: Definition and 913 Discussions
In mechanics and physics, simple harmonic motion (sometimes abbreviated SHM) is a special type of periodic motion where the restoring force on the moving object is directly proportional to the object's displacement magnitude and acts towards the object's equilibrium position. It results in an oscillation which, if uninhibited by friction or any other dissipation of energy, continues indefinitely.
Simple harmonic motion can serve as a mathematical model for a variety of motions, but is typified by the oscillation of a mass on a spring when it is subject to the linear elastic restoring force given by Hooke's law. The motion is sinusoidal in time and demonstrates a single resonant frequency. Other phenomena can be modeled by simple harmonic motion, including the motion of a simple pendulum, although for it to be an accurate model, the net force on the object at the end of the pendulum must be proportional to the displacement (and even so, it is only a good approximation when the angle of the swing is small; see small-angle approximation). Simple harmonic motion can also be used to model molecular vibration as well.
Simple harmonic motion provides a basis for the characterization of more complicated periodic motion through the techniques of Fourier analysis.
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A cheerleader waves her pom-pom in simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of .180m and a frequency of .850Hz.
a) Find the maximum magnitude of the acceleration and of the velocity.
b) Find the acceleration and speed when the pom-pom's coordinate is x=+.090m.
c)...
In my physics class we're talking about LC and LRC circuits, and the equations are analogous to those for SHM. However, I don't see how x=Acos(ωt+\varphi) satisfies m(d^2x/dt^2)+(k/m)x=0. I've never done differential equations and in the book it seemed like the author just guessed and checked...
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F=ma
The Attempt at a Solution
I did the first three parts . The last part of this question is quite hard, i tried using Newton's 2nd law of motion but ... here is what happens :
T is the tension, as stated in the question .
so the equation of...
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So you're being pushed on a swing by someone who is whistling at a constant 60Hz. At the bottom, Vmax is 4 m/s. Explain what you hear as you swing toward and away from the source of whistling (speed of sound is 343 m/s for this problem).
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Observed...
Im kind of confused on which acceleration equation to use.
A = -(kx)/m
or
A = -(w^2)Acos[(angular freq)(time) + phase constant]
as both of these contribute to SHM.
Im guessing I can use the first acceleration equation when i know how far the object stretched and if i don't i...
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A mass m hanging on a spring oscillates vertically. If the equilibrium point of the oscillation is a distance d below the relaxed length of the spring and if the amplitude of the oscillation is A, what is the maximum kinetic energy of the oscillation?[b]2. Homework Equations...
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Not exactly sure why a time value of 0.500s is given, but I am positive it is why my answer isn't correct:
Q. a 1kg object is attached to a horizontal spring. The spring is initially stretched by 0.100m and the object is released from rest there. It proceeds to move...
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We have U-shaped tube filled with liquid , if liquid is displaced through length 'x' find
time period of SHM
please help me :confused:
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A massless spring hangs down from a support, with its lower end at y=0, where the y-axis is vertical and points downward (normal orientation of y). When a small unknown mass is attached to the spring, the lower end of the spring moves down to a position y_0 for the mass...
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A meterstick is clamped to a tabletop. The end of the meter stick is deflected downwards a small distance x and is released such the end of the meterstick moves up and down in simple harmonic motion. The meterstick is measured to oscillate up and down 10 times in 5.0...
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A 100g particle hangs freely at rest on the end of a spring of stiffness 10N/m. If
the particle is projected upwards with a speed of 2m/s, find the time taken until
it first comes to rest and the distance travelled.
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Well, there's F = -k.x and of course the...
It isn't making any intuitive sense. If it isn't moving in circular motion, how can it have angular frequency or speed?
Also,
v=\pm ω\sqrt { A^{ 2 }-x^{ 2 } }
only applies to SHM with springs only, right?
Also, does anyone know how to derive this equation below?
x=\frac { \pm \sqrt { { { v...
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Homework Equations
F = -dU/dx
The Attempt at a Solution
U = \frac{1}{2}kx^2 + mgxsin\theta \\\\
F = -(kx + mgsin\theta) \\\\
F = -kx - mgsin\theta \\\\
We want to set the force = 0 because that's when the block is in equilibrium with no forces acting on...
x(t)=Acos(ωt+ϕ)\\v(t)=-ωAsin(ωt+ϕ)
I think my physics professor said in one of the lectures that: after setting up your position function by finding amplitude, angular speed, and solving for ϕ by setting t=0 and using the x(0) value given in the question, you need to to set t=0 in the velocity...
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A mass is attached to a spring with a force constant of 32N/m.
The spring and the mass are set into simple harmonic motion on a frictionless, horizontal surface.
The period of vibration of this mass is 0.4 seconds.
a)
Calculate the object's mass
b)
Calculate...
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My Calculated answers:
A1(a) R= 19.21∠68.7o N
(b) E = 19.21∠-111.34o N or = -19.21∠68.7o N <--- Is't either one answer is correct or not? If not, which answer is correct and why? Thanks.
A2(b) I = 0.5mr2 = 1.125kgm2
A2(a) k=(I/m)1/2 = 0.212m...
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Attempt -
As per the problem states,
When the compound system will oscillate in its natural frequency, The frequency of the oscillation will be, √[k/(m...
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Attempt -
As per the problem states,
The net force on the particle will be ...
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Attempt -
As per the problem states,
For the first second equation of SHM, (using x = A sin ωt)
a = A sin ω
From here I get, sin ω = a/ A...
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The two linear simple harmonic motions of equal amplitudes , and angular frequencies ω and 2ω are imposed on a particle along the axes of X and Y respectively. If the initial phase difference between them is π/2 , then find the resultant path followed by the particle...
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This is a 3 part problem and I've successfully solved the first 2 parts, but I don't know what I did wrong in the third part.
1) mass of 346 g on a spring with constant 26.8 N/m on a horizontal + frictionless surface.
Amplitude is 6.7 cm. In part 1 i found the total...
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I'm doing a lab, and they want me to show the dependence of the period on different variables (displacement, mass, and length of pendulum). They ask me to "Fit curves to your plots to show the dependence. Use the curve fits from your plots to devise an equation for...
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A machine part is undergoing SHM with a frequency of of 5hz and amplitude of 1.80cm. How long does it take the part to go from x = 0 to -1.80cm?
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x = Acoswt
The Attempt at a Solution
X is given and convert it to metres 0.018. I need to...
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A 93-kg box hangs from the ceiling of a room—suspended from a spring with a force constant of 540 N/m. The unstressed length of the spring is 0.505 m.
(a) Find the equilibrium position of the box.
(b) An identical spring is stretched and attached to the ceiling and the box...
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I do not why the particle does the simple harmonic motion. And how to find such innitial condition to satify r decreases continually in time.
[b]3. The Attempt at a Solution [/b
Is it need to take derivative of r?
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I have a question pertaining to the simple harmonic motion of the midpoint of a guitar string with a frequency of 4.40 x 10^2 Hz and an amplitude of 1.60 mm. I've been asked to deduce the initial displacement, velocity and acceleration of the midpoint of the string, but am a...
So, simple harmonic motion without damping is described generally by
x(t) = Acos(\omega*t +\delta)
Which is derived from the differential equation
x''+\frac{k}{m}x = 0
We know that
A = \sqrt{c_1^2+c_2^2}
and
tan\delta = \frac{c_1}{c_2}
With the differential equation, dealing...
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particle experiencing SHM with frequency f= 10 hz
find the displacement x at any time t for the following initial conditions.
@ t=0 x=0.25m v=0.1 m/sHomework Equations
x=Asin(ωt+∅)
v=Aωcos(ωt+∅)The Attempt at a Solution
So with frequency I find ω which then is subbed into...
I was reading a book on wave and found that when they derive the equation of shm from the equation force varies with negetive displacement , they had taken a propotionality constant to make the force and displacement equal and they had taken frequency of the shm as the constant . So my question...
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Two springs each have spring constant k and equilibrium length (L). They are both stretched a distance (L) and attached to a mass m and two walls.
At a given instant, the right spring constant is somehow magically changed to 3k (the relaxed length remains L). what is the...
So my friend and I were going through problems and this came up...
Consider 3 straight, infinitely long, equally spaced wires (with zero radius, separated each by a distance d), each carrying a current I in the same direction.
blah blah blah...
part c) asks us...
If the middle...
I know that simple harmonic motion is a type of periodic motion where the restorative force is directly proportional to the displacement so that the time evolution is sinusoidal but is there such a thing as just harmonic motion? 0r is harmonic motion just short for simple harmonic motion?
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A box of mass M is suspended by a spring of stiffness k. A small block of mass m is placed inside the box. If the system is pulled downward by a distance d and then released from rest:
a.) find the force between the bottom of the box and the block as a function of time...
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A block rides on a piston that is moving vertically with simple harmonic motion. (a) If the SHM has period 2.65 s, at what amplitude of motion will the block and piston separate?
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x(t)=xmcos(ωt + ∅)
a(t)=-w2xmcos(ωt + ∅)
Where xm is the amplitude...
A bucket of mass 2.0 kg containing 10 kg of water is hanged on a vertical ideal spring with constant 125 N/m, oscillating up and down with an amplitude equal to 3.0 cm.
Suddenly arises a leaky in the bottom of the bucket so that the water flows at constant rate of 2.0 grams/s. When the bucket...
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A box of mass M is suspended by a spring of stiffness k. A small block of mass m is placed inside the box. If the system is pulled downward by a distance d and then released from rest:
a.) find the force between the bottom of the box and the block as a function of time...
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A metal sphere of mass 0.20kg is hung from a helical spring whose top end is clamped. the sphere is displaced by 0.030m below its equilibrium position, and then released. 20 cycles of oscillation, of amplitude 0.030m, occur in a time of 12.0s.
calculate;
(I) the spring...
I have to solve the following D.E. which describes how the amplitude of oscillation r, changes with time.
r=f(t)
\frac{dr^{2}cos^{2}t}{dt}=rsint
How do I find r?
The question is:
A 56.0 kg bungy-jumper hangs suspended from her bungy-cord, at rest. She is displaced from this position by 15.0 m downward, and then released. She bounces up and down, with a period of 5.800 s. Assume the woman undergoes simple harmonic motion, described by
y(t) = X cos(2...
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A particle moving in simple harmonic motion with a period T = 1.5 s passes through the equilibrium point at time t0 = 0 with a velocity of 1.00 m/s to the right. A time t later, the particle is observed to move to the left with a velocity of 0.50 m/s. (Note the change in...
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A spring is hung vertically from a support. A mass of 4.5 kg is hung from the lower end of the spring and is slowly lowered a distance of 22.0 cm until equilibrium is reached. This mass is then lowered to a point 15.0 cm below the equilibrium point and is then released...
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A 250 gram mass is connected to a spring and executes simple harmonic motion. The period of motion is 0.5 seconds and the total mechanical energy is 0.50J. What is the amplitude of motion?
Homework Equations
ΔU = 1/2kx2
The Attempt at a Solution
I get
1/2kx2 =...
I've been set this question by my tutor and I'm having difficulty doing it.
A mass of 2 kg is hung from the lower end of a vertical spring and extends it by 40 cm. The mass is now pulled down a further 20 cm and is then released from rest so that it oscillates about the equilibrium position...
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If the phase angle for a block-spring system in SHM is π/5 rad and the block's position is given x = xm cos(ωt + phi), what is the ratio of the kinetic energy to the potential energy at time t = 0?
Homework Equations
PE = (1/2)*k*[(max amplitude)^2]*cos^2(ωt + phi)...
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I have trouble determining the system of forces in systems with strings like the following:
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
My guess is it is:
x1=L/3 x2=2L/3
mass 1: -kx1+k(x2-x1)=m1a1
mass 2: -k(x2-x1)+kx1=m2a2
I'm not sure...
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A mass is oscillating on a spring with simple harmonic motion. Its amplitude is 0.80m and its maximum speed is 1.5m/s, at the point of equilibrium. What is the speed of the mass at 0.60m?
Is there enough information to answer this question? The answer given is 0.75m/s...
A body moving with simple harmonic motion has an amplitude of 1 meter and the time for one complete oscillation is 2 seconds . Determine the velocity and acceleration of the body after 0.4 second from the mean position ?
this is the answer :
Vx = w root(r^2-x^2)
ax=w^2.X
w= 2Pi/t =...