Physics 101- Introduction to Mechanics
April 26- Simple Harmonic Oscillations

 

 

 

 
 

 

  A glider on an air track is connected by a spring to the end of the air track.  If it takes 0.30s for the glider to travel the distance of 12cm from one turning point to the other, its amplitude is
a) 12 cm
b) 6 cm
c) 24 cm
d) 36 cm
e) 3.6 cm
f) not enough information

Consider the glider described in the previous question.  Its angular frequency is

a) 0.30 s-1
b) 0.15 s-1
c) 0.60 s-1
d) 3.77 s-1
e) 0.096 s-1
f) other

 
 
 

If your equation of motion (for a mass on a spring) is given by:

  • What is the maximum velocity?
  • The maximum acceleration?
  • Where is the object at t=0?  Is this an extrema?

 
 
 

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Loyola Marymount University
Spring 2002