Forced oscillations and resonance
Periodic driving of a spring: transient versus steady-state response, the practical resonance amplitude peak, and unbounded growth when damping is absent.
Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers, Forced oscillations and resonance
3 exercises
Exercise 101
A mass of 4 kg on a spring with and a damping constant . Suppose that . Using the forcing function , find the that causes practical resonance and find the practical resonance amplitude.
Exercise 102
Derive a formula for for , where is some constant. Assume .
Exercise 103
Suppose there is no damping in a mass and spring system with , , and . Suppose is chosen to be precisely the resonance frequency.
- Find .
- Find the amplitude of the oscillations at time seconds, given the system is at rest at .
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