Tutorial 2 – Oscillations contd.

Tutorial 2 – Oscillations contd.

Damped Oscillation
 Oscillators – Damped and Undamped
Simple Harmonic Oscillator

F = -kx
A=A0 cosωt
ω= (k/m)1/2
Damped Harmonic Oscillator
F = - kx-bv
.. .
m x  kx  b x
.. .
x  x  20 x  0
Damped frequency Undamped frequency

2   2
  0
2

4

 t
A  A0e 2
(cost  )
Different kind of damping

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 Damped Harmonic Oscillator

Quality Factor = Energy stored in the Oscillator

Energy dissipated in one radian

t
E  E0e
 Damped Oscillation – Useful Formulas
2 Relation between damped and undamped frequency.

  
2 2
0
γ also has the dimension of frequency. It is the
reciprocal of the time required for the energy to
4 decrease to 1/e of its initial value.

 t
A  A0e 2
(cost  ) This relation shows how amplitude of
oscillation decreases as a function of time
when there is damping

𝑄
𝑢
𝑎
𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦𝑓
𝑎 𝑟𝑄= 𝜔0/𝛾
𝑐𝑡𝑜

𝜔0 = 𝑘/𝑚
These two equations are self-explanatory
t
E  Ee