Equation)of)motion)Solution)Sheet)

!
Different!Cases!of!the!solution!of!the!second!order!homogeneous!differential!equation!with!
constant!coefficients.!
!
Case!1! Case!2! Case!3!
Overdamped!System! Critically!Damped!System! Underdamped!System!
Real!distinct!roots! Repeated!roots! Complex!Conjugate!Roots!
!" !and!!# !are!real!numbers! !" !and!!# !are!real!numbers! !" !and!!# !are!complex!
and!!" !# ! and!!" = !# ! conjugate!numbers!and!
!" !# !
& # > 4)*! & # = 4)*! & # < 4)*!
High!damping!Coefficient! ! Small!damping!Coefficient!
!
The!solution!will!be!in!the!form!of!
!
Case!1! Case!2! Case!3!
Overdamped!System! Critically!Damped!System! Underdamped!System!
, - = ." / 01 2 + .# / 04 2 ! , - = &" + &# - / 01 2 ! , - = 5/ 62 sin: ;- + < !
." !and!.# !from!initial! &" !and!&# !from!initial! 5!and!<!from!initial!
conditions! conditions! conditions!
::::: & &
& + &2 4)* :! = ! ?= !
:!" = ! " 2) 2)
2)
& &2 4)* ! 1
::::::!# = ! ;= 4)* &2 !
2) 2)
!
If!the!initial!Conditions!are!given!as!!
,A = , - = 0 ,:::!DA = , - = 0 ,!
!
the!coefficients!." ,!.# ,!&" ,!&# ,!5!and!<!will!be!calculated!as!follows!
!
Case!1! Case!2! Case!3!
Overdamped!System! Critically!Damped!System! Underdamped!System!
, - = ." / 01 2 + .# / 04 2 ! , - = &" + &# - ." / 01 2 ! , - = 5/ 62 sin: ;- + < !
,A !# DA &" = ,A !
." = ! DA ?,A #
!# !" 5 = ,E +#
!
;
DA !" ,A &# = DA !" ,A ! ;,A
.# = ! < = tan H"
!
!# !" DA ?,A
!
!
!