Damped, Forced Oscillations & Superposition
A particle, with restoring force proportional to displacement and resisting force proportional to velocity is subjected to a force . If the amplitude of the particle is maximum for and the energy of the particle is maximum for , then
(where natural angular frequency of oscillations of particle)
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Answer: (c)
- Amplitude resonance occurs at , slightly below , so .
- Velocity amplitude, and hence kinetic energy, is maximum exactly at .
- So the answer is (c).