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This document contains an assignment with 16 physics problems related to topics like progressive waves, standing waves, phase shifts, simple pendulums, wave rankings, group velocity, and forced harmonic motion. The problems involve calculating quantities like displacement, amplitude, wavelength, frequency, velocity, energy, and drawing related graphs.

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Physics Practice Problem

This document contains an assignment with 16 physics problems related to topics like progressive waves, standing waves, phase shifts, simple pendulums, wave rankings, group velocity, and forced harmonic motion. The problems involve calculating quantities like displacement, amplitude, wavelength, frequency, velocity, energy, and drawing related graphs.

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United International University

School of Science and Engineering

Assignment-2; Year 2023; Semester: Summer

Course: PHY 2105; Title: Physics, Section: B

Content: DHM+Progressive Wave+Standing Wave+Phase


shift+Simple Pendulum+Ranking of Waves+Vp-Vg+FHM

1. Draw displacement vs time graph for / = 10, / = 0.5, and / = 0.03.

2. Draw displacement vs time graph for a signal up to 3 cycles if the signal is .

3. In oscillatory circuit L= 0.4h, C = 0.0020μF. (i) What is maximum value of resistance (R) for the circuit
to be oscillatory? and (ii) What is its resonant frequency?

4. Find whether the discharge of capacitor through the following inductive series circuit is oscillatory or
not. Given, C = 0.1µF, L = 10mh, and R 200 Ω. If oscillatory, find the frequency of oscillation and
resonant frequency. If it is parallel circuit, then find out the similar characteristics of that circuit.

5. For a damped oscillator m =250gm, k = 85N/m and b = 70gm/s. (i) What is the period of the motion? (ii)
How long does it take for the amplitude of the damped oscillations to drop to half its initial value? (iii)
How many oscillations does it complete in life time? (iv) What is its life time? (v) The maximum
displacement of undamped oscillator is 35 cm. If the damping is stopped after 20 cycles, What is the
damping energy? (vi) What is the ratio of the oscillation amplitude to the initial oscillation amplitude at
this cycle?

6. The equation of a travelling wave is y  4.0 sin(0.10 x  2t ) . Find (i) amplitude, (ii) wavelength, (iii)
speed, and (iv) frequency of wave.
x
7. At time t=0 the displacement of a particle in a medium is y  4.0 sin 2 ( ) and the velocity of wave
100
is 30cm/s. Find the displacement equation when t = 3s.

8. When a simple harmonic wave is propagated through a medium, the displacement of the particle at any
instant of time is given by . Calculate (i) the amplitude of the vibrating
particle, (ii) wave velocity, (iii) wave length, (iv) frequency and (v) time period.

9. A simple harmonic wave of amplitude 8units travels a line of particles in the direction of positive X
axis. At any instant for a particle at a distance of 10cm from the origin, the displacement is +6units and
at a distance a particle from the origin is 25units, the displacement is +4units. Calculate the wavelength.

10. Determine the length and frequency of a simple pendulum that will swing back and forth in simple
harmonic motion with a period of 5.00 s.

11. Find out the resultant amplitude, node and antinode points in terms of 𝜆 of the following equations:
=𝐴 cos( 𝑘 +𝜔 ) and =A cos( 𝑘 −𝜔 ).
12. Two cosine waves have phase velocity C1= 2 cm/s, C2= 3 cm/s, and corresponding wavelength 𝜆 4
cm, 𝜆 3 cm. Find out the angular frequency and group velocity.

13. Draw the phase shift diagram for two waves when (i) 𝐴 𝜔 and 𝐴 (𝜔 ) ; (ii)
𝐴 𝜔 and 𝐴 (𝜔 ) (iii) 𝐴 𝜔 and 𝐴 (𝜔 ) ; (iv)
; and (v) .

14. If a RLC series/parallel circuit producing FHM has R=2Ω, L=1mH and C=0.4F. Calculate (i) ωo, (ii)
ω1 and ω2, (iii) Q and , and (iv) the amplitude of the current at ωo, ω1 and ω2.

15. Rank the waves represented by the following functions from the largest to the smallest according to (i)
their amplitudes, (ii) their wavelengths, (iii) their frequencies, (iv) their periods, and (v) their speeds. For
all functions, x and y are in meters and t is in seconds. (a) y = 4 sin (3x - 15t), (b) y = 6 cos (3x + 15t -
2), (c) y = 8 sin (2x + 15t), (d) y = 8 cos (4x + 20t), and (e) y = 7 sin (6x - 24t).

16. Suppose the displacement of a DHM is expressed as 𝐴 𝜔 . Show that total energy of
DHM .

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