Te fan aly cal hing eng or Fcing Fmt le stm. The camtput cr response of he eysaum isa faction yi defined en an Fauerval comtaining hut ‘aise ah he ere equaton and intl cece he mer. 3.8.1 Spring/Mass Systams: Free Undampod Motion [| Hooke’s Law Suppor a flexible spring is suspended vertcally from a rigid apport and (hen a mace mist! fee end The amcuat of sich cr eloapasom al these wi, ofcourse, depen! cm the mass, masses with differeat weights sich de oprig by wiflcrag ‘vars fy Henke ny he sprnaisesletensaresang face Fopposic fe dr coe Soman poptona othe ances of dongs. Snel sed F= hs, whe >-Dis acne of prpersneliny calalespring const, Te ine eseréay cea he sumer Using IF] = is, wesc that fammase weighing 10 ostriches a pring Ff hen 10 = imps ‘b=. Necemarly tesa mas weighing sa, 85 ices the sme spring aly [] Newton's Second Law Afers mass mis winches to spring rcches the sping by an amaust sand aan apoio if egulitram a whichis weigh Wisthlaced by te escr- ing fore x Recall hat weight is defined by W = mp where mazes measured inzlgs leprae, ce grams and p= 3205.98 mis? Blom respcnely. Asia in ABURES Ns the constion af eit is Goplaced ty an sou = from its quiteum postion, he resarcing force ofthe spring sen ix + 2. Assuming that there art mo rearing forces acting on he system and acuming hat he mass vibes of cofer evra Sree free motion ve con cunt Newt soe xe wth Oe er ela, once ofthe reareing force cthe weight ee B+) + mp = ket mg be = ame 7 ‘he negative sgn int] nciees thal he rescrig ere ofthe spring 2c opposite the coe tion of mation. Furhersere, we can adopt the comesice tht diplicemesss mere below th gull posion ar: psitve Sex RGUREDAE IDE of Free Undamped Mation ty cviding (by he mass. we cbxinthe seca. cer dfferenial equation dtd? + ikinir = er ee Fe een 0 a ‘whens «= Kin, Equation (2 is sd describe simple harmonic mation cr free undamped ‘oie, Teo cbeicus inital coaiions axcciued wi (2) are 210) = x, he cunt finial (Eeplacement and 70) = 1, the intl velocity of he mass. For empl ifte> C07 < Othe ‘ass sar roma point below the gail trum posisee with an imparsd apword ylociy, When lobereleaced rome For example ify <0. = 0 thems iste om reat rom a pint waits above the equilib pition. || Solution and Equation of Motion Tosuive agus (we not ht the salutions ofthe amar equation ae + = = Oure the complies numbers = aia, = ~ wi Ths fam (fof Section 3 we find he general solution of) to be af) = ¢, 00 al + cin at fm For eam, for si) = Deo W — sin Whe pedis De and ae runs Wem The former suber mean that the graph of 0) repeatsevery 2of unt; Ue ner mame ‘bean tha thre are tee cycles fhe pach every 2 unis, equvaleay, hat the mass ‘ndeyges 12> complete vibraies peru Lime Ia aditon ican be shown da ed ‘eum of x) is postive daplacement correspoadiag to the mazs's alisining a mazimam \Ssusce Befow ths equ Sram pesos, wheres minimum of) i asepabve displacemest 152 | CHAPTER Higher-Order Differential Equations