Damping
 

Damping problem 6


A simple pendulum with a mass oscillates with a frequency . The oscillation is damped by the coefficient , and the initial amplitude of the oscillation is .

  • Express the relationship between oscillation energy and time with only the given data.

  • What happens to the energy of the oscillation if we double the frequency?

  • In what way and by what percentage does the energy change if the frequency is five times the initial, the amplitude is one-third the initial, and the mass of the pendulum is one-fourth the initial?


 

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