Applied Physics (PHY-102)

Lecture # 15
“Solved problems related to different topics ”
Problem # 01
You are showing your nieces how to make paper party decorations
using paper springs. One niece makes a paper spring and with a single
sheet of colored paper suspended from it, the spring is stretched 8cm.
You want the decorations to bounce at approximately 1 cycle/s. How
many sheets of colored paper should be used for the decoration on that
spring if it is to bounce at 1 cycle/s?
Problem # 01

Three sheets required

Problem # 02
An object of mass 1.5 kg on a spring of force constant 600 N/m loses 3
percent of its energy in each cycle. The same system is driven by a
sinusoidal force with a maximum value of Fo = 0.5 N. (a) What is Q for
this system (b) What is the resonance (angular) frequency? (c) What is
the amplitude at resonance? (d) What is the amplitude if the driving
frequency is w = 19 rad/s?
Problem # 02
Problem # 03
Two wires of different linear mass densities are soldered together end to end and then
stretched under a tension FT (the tension is the same in both wires). The wave speed in
the first wire is twice that in the second. If a harmonic wave traveling in the first wire is
incident on the junction of the wires, the amplitude of the reflected wave is half the
amplitude of the transmitted wave. (a) If the amplitude of the incident wave is A, what
are the amplitudes of the reflected and transmitted waves? (b) What fraction of the
incident power is reflected at the junction and what fraction is transmitted?
Problem # 03
Problem # 04
Find the total energy dissipated in the resistor R, when the current in the
inductor decreases from its initial value of Io to 0?

The rate of energy dissipation:

The total energy U dissipated is the integral of Pdt:

Problem # 05

A loop antenna consisting of a single 10cm radius loop of wire is used to

detect electromagnetic waves for which electric field Erms= 0.15 V/m.
Find the rms emf induced in the loop if the wave frequency is 600 kHz.
Problem # 05