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Chapter 19, Solution 12.

Simple Harmonic Motion, thus

x = xm sin (ω nt + φ )

k 400 N/m
ωn = = = 16.903 rad/s
m 1.4 kg

Now x(0) = 0 = xm sin(0 + φ ) ⇒ φ = 0

Then
x& (0) = xmω n cos(0 + 0)

or 2.5 m/s = ( xm )m(16.903 rad/s) ⇒ xm = 0.14790 m

Then x = ( 0.14790 m ) sin (16.903 rad/s ) t 

(a)
At x = 0.06 m: 0.06 m = (0.14790 m)sin (16.903 rad/s ) t 

 0.06 m 
sin −1  
or t =  0.14790 m  = 0.02471 s
16.903 rad/s
t = 0.0247 s !
(b) Now
x& = xmω n cos (ω nt )

x = − xmω n2 sin (ω nt )
&&
Then, for t = 0.024713 s
x& = ( 0.1479 m )(16.903 rad/s ) cos (16.903 rad/s )( 0.024713 s ) 

= 2.285 m/s x& = 2.29 m/s !

And
x = − ( 0.1479 m )(16.903 rad/s ) sin (16.903 rad/s )( 0.024713 s ) 
2
&&

= −17.143 m/s 2 x = 17.14 m/s 2 !

&&

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
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