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Faculty of Computer and Information

Basic Science department

2012/2013

Prof. Nabila.M.Hassan

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•Aims of Course:

•The graduates have to know the nature of vibration wave

motions with emphasis on their mathematical descriptions and
superposition.

•The fundamental ideas can be introduced with reference to

mechanical systems which are easy to visualize.

•The graduates have to know the nature of vibration and wave

motions with emphasis on their mathematical description and
superposition Developing the graduate's skills and creative
thought needed to meet new trends in science.

•Supplying graduates with basic attacks and strategies for

solving problems.
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1- A particle oscillates with simple harmonic motion, so that its displacement
varies according to the expression x = (5 cm)cos(2t + π/6) where x is in
centimeters and t is in seconds. At t = 0 find
(a) the displacement of the particle,
(b) its velocity, and
(c) its acceleration.
(d) Find the period and amplitude of the motion.

Solution:
The displacement as a function of time is
x(t) = A cos(ωt + φ). Here ω = 2/s, φ = π/6, and A = 5 cm.
The displacement at t = 0
is x(0) = (5 cm)cos(π/6) = 4.33 cm.
(b) The velocity at t = 0 is v(0) = -ω(5 cm)sin(π/6) = -5 cm/s.
(c) The acceleration at t = 0 is a(0) = -ω2(5 cm)cos(π/6) = -17.3 cm/s2.
(d) The period of the motion is T = π sec, and the amplitude is 5 cm.

 
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1- An oscillator consists of a block of mass 0.50 kg connected to a spring.
When set into oscillation with amplitude 35 cm, it is observed to repeat its
motion every 0.50 s. The maximum speed is :
(a) 4.4 m/s ,(b) 44.0 m/s ,( c) 44.0 m/s

2- A particle executes linear harmonic motion about the point x = 0. At t = 0,

it has displacement x = 0.37 cm and zero velocity. The frequency of the
motion is 0.25 Hz. The max speed of the motion equal:
(a) 0.59 cm/s ,(b) 5.9 cm/s ,( c) 0.059 cm/s

3- An oscillating block-spring system has a mechanical energy of 1.0 J,

amplitude of 0.10 m, and a maximum speed of 1.2 m/s. The force constant
of the spring is,
(a) 100 N/m ,(b) 200 N/m ,( c) 20 N/m

4- An oscillating block-spring system has a mechanical energy of 1.0 J,

amplitude of 0.10 m, and a maximum speed of 1.2 m/s. The mass of the
block is,
(a) 1.4 kg ,(b) 14.0 kg ,( c) .140 kg

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Content: Part II: Waves

Chapter 1

Oscillation Motion
- Motion of a spring:
- Energy of the Simple Harmonic Oscillator:
- Comparing SHM with uniform motion
- The simple pendulum:
- Damped Oscillations:
- Forced Oscillation

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 •Objectives:

Student will be able to:

- Define the damped motion

- Define the resonance.
-Compare between free, damped and
derived oscillations

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 :Damped Oscillations
Where the force is proportional to the speed of the moving object and
acts in the direction opposite the motion.
The retarding force can be expressed as:
R = - bv ( where b is a constant called damping coefficient)
and the restoring force of the system is – kx,
then we can write Newton's second law as
dx d 2x
F x  kx  bv x  ma x  kx  b
dt
m
dt 2

When the retarding force is small compared with the max restoring force
that is, b is small the solution is,

b k b 2
 t  ( )
x(t )  Ae 2m
cos(t   ) m 2m
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 represent the position vs time for a
damped oscillation with decreasing
amplitude with time

The fig. shows the position as a function in time of the object oscillation
in the presence of a retarding force, the amplitude decreases in time,
this system is know as a damped oscillator. The dashed line which
defined the envelope of the oscillator curve, represent the exponential
factor

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 The fig. represent position versus time:
•under damped oscillator
•critical damped oscillator
- Overdamped oscillator.

as the value of "b" increase the amplitude of the oscillations

decreases more and more rapidly.
When b reaches a critical value bc ( bc / 2m   o ), the system does
not oscillate and is said to be critically damped.
And when bc / 2m   o the system is overdamped.

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Forced Oscillation:
For the forced oscillator is a damped oscillator driven by an external force
that varies periodically
Where
F (t )  Fo sin t

where ω is the angular frequency of the driving force and Fo is a constant

From the Newton's second law

dx d 2x
 F  ma  Fo sin t  b dt  kx  m dt 2 x  A cos(t   )
Fo / m
A
2
 b 
(   )  
2 2
o
2

 m 

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

o  k is the natural frequency of the un-damped oscillator

m (b=0).

The last two equations show the driving force and the
amplitude of the oscillator which is constant for a given driving
force.

For small damping the amplitude is large when the frequency

of the driving force is near the natural frequency of oscillation,
or when ω͌ ≈ ωo the is called the resonance and the natural
frequency is called the resonance frequency.
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 Amplitude versus the frequency, when the frequency of the
driving force equals the natural force of the oscillator, resonance
occurs. Note the depends of the curve as the value of the
damping coefficient b.

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 Summary of the chapter:
1- The acceleration of the oscillator object is proportional to its
position and is in the direction opposite the displacement from
equilibrium, the object moves with SHM. The position x varies with
x(t )  A cos(t   ) time according to,

2 period,
2- The time for full cycle oscillation is defined Tasthe /
.
For block spring moves as SHM on the frictionless surface with a period

k
T  2  2
 m

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 and

3- The frequency is defined as the number of oscillation per second, is the

1 k
inverse of the period f 1 
T 2 m

4- The velocity and the acceleration of SHM as a function of time are

dx d 2x
v  A sin(t   ) a  2   2 A cos(t   )
dt dt

We not that the max speed is Aω , and the max acceleration is Aω2 .
The speed is zero when the oscillator is at position of x=± A , and is a
max when the oscillator is at the equilibrium position at the equilibrium
position x=0.

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5- The kinetic energy and potential energy for simple harmonic oscillator are
1 1 1 2 1 given by,
K mv 2  m 2 A 2 sin 2 (t   ) U  kx  kA 2 cos 2 (t   )
2 2 2 2

The total energy of the SHM is constant of the motion and is given by
1
E  kA 2
2

A simple pendulum of length L moves in SHM for small angular -6

displacement from the vertical, its period is T  2 L
g

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7- For the damping force R = - bv, its position for small damping is described by

b k b 2
 t  ( )
x(t )  Ae 2m
cos(t   ) m 2m

8 - If an oscillator is driving with a force F (t )  Fo sin t

it exhibits resonance, in which the amplitude is largest when driving

frequency matches the natural frequency of the oscillator.

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What is the effect on the period of a pendulum of doubling its length?

TL  2 L / g L  2L

T2 L  2 2 L / g T2 L  2TL  1.414TL

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Useful website

http://cnx.org/content/m15880/latest/

http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/SHO/mass-fo
rce.html

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