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SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
▢ Periodic Motion:
❖ Definition: Motion in which position repeats after a fixed interval of time
❖ Types:
- •Rectilinear periodic motion
- •Closed curvilinear periodic motion
- •Open curvilinear periodic motion
❖ Examples:
Table 1: Periodic Motion Examples
Motion | Period |
|---|---|
Revolution of Earth around Sun | 1 year |
Rotation of Earth about polar axis | 24 hours |
▢ Oscillatory / Vibratory Motion:
❖ Definition: To-and-fro or back-and-forth repeated motion about a fixed mean position
❖ Mean Position: Fixed equilibrium position
❖ Extreme Positions: Two fixed limits of oscillation
❖ Relation:
- •Oscillatory motion is constrained periodic motion
- •All oscillatory motions are periodic
- •All periodic motions are not oscillatory
▢ Simple Harmonic Motion:
❖ Definition: Periodic to-and-fro motion about mean position under restoring force/acceleration directed towards mean position and proportional to displacement
❖ Condition:
Table 1: Necessary Condition for SHM
Quantity | Relation |
|---|---|
Acceleration | |
Force | |
Restoring force | |
Negative sign | Force always directed towards mean position |
❖ Important Relation: All SHM are periodic but all periodic motions are not SHM
▢ Types of SHM:
Table 1: Linear vs Angular SHM
Type | Definition | Condition | Differential equation |
|---|---|---|---|
Linear SHM | Oscillatory motion in straight line about mean position | ||
Angular SHM | Oscillatory motion about an axis |
❖ Angular Frequency:
Table 1: Frequency Relations
Quantity | Formula |
|---|---|
Angular frequency | |
Frequency | |
Time period | Independent of amplitude |
▢ Equations of SHM:
Table 1: SHM Formulae
Quantity | Formula |
|---|---|
Displacement | |
Velocity | |
Acceleration | |
Force | |
Momentum | |
Kinetic energy | |
Potential energy | |
Total energy |
❖ At Mean and Extreme Positions:
Table 1: Values at Mean and Extreme Position
Quantity | Mean position | Extreme position |
|---|---|---|
Displacement | ||
Velocity | ||
Acceleration | ||
Force | ||
Kinetic energy | Maximum | 0 |
Potential energy | 0 | Maximum |
Total energy | Constant | Constant |
▢ Graphs of SHM:
Table 1: SHM Graphs
Graph | Nature |
|---|---|
Displacement-time | Sine curve |
Velocity-time | Sine/cosine curve |
Acceleration-time | Sine curve |
Force-time | Sine curve |
Momentum-time | Sine curve |
Velocity-displacement | Ellipse |
Displacement-acceleration | Straight line with negative slope |
Displacement-force | Straight line with negative slope |
K.E.-displacement | Parabola |
P.E.-displacement | Parabola |
Total energy-displacement | Straight line parallel to X-axis |
❖ Velocity-Displacement Equation:
❖ Acceleration-Displacement Slope:
❖ Force-Displacement:
▢ Simple Pendulum:
❖ Restoring Force:
❖ Acceleration:
❖ Time Period:
❖ Properties:
- Time period independent of mass of bob
- Time period independent of shape/material of bob
- Time period independent of small amplitude
◈ _*type: bullet
❖ General Formula:
❖ Time Period in Various Cases:
Table 1: Simple Pendulum Special Cases
Case | Time period |
|---|---|
Normal condition | |
Lift moving with constant velocity | |
Length comparable to Earth radius | |
❖ Height and Depth Corrections:
Table 1: Clock Error Formulae
Condition | Change in time period | Loss in time per day |
|---|---|---|
Temperature change | Summer: clock slow; winter: clock fast |
▢ Spring Oscillation:
❖ Restoring Force:
❖ Acceleration:
❖ Time Period:
❖ Properties:
- •
- •Time period unchanged on Moon / height / depth if same mass-spring system
- •Spring system needs elasticity and inertia
❖ Spring Combination:
Table 1: Series vs Parallel Springs
Feature | Series | Parallel |
|---|---|---|
Force | ||
Extension | ||
Equivalent spring constant |
❖ Spring Constant:
◉ _*table:
❖ Special Spring Cases:
Table 1: Spring Oscillation Special Cases
Case | Time period |
|---|---|
❖ Spring Cut in Ratio:
Table 1: Spring Cut into m:n Ratio
Part | Spring constant |
|---|---|
▢ Motion Through Earth's Centre:
❖ Condition: Body moving inside a tunnel drilled through centre of Earth
❖ Restoring Force:
❖ Acceleration:
❖ _*table:
▢ Oscillation of Liquid in U-tube:
❖ Symbols:
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- •
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❖ Restoring Force:
❖ Acceleration:
❖ Time Period:
❖ Independent Of:
- •Area of cross-section of U-tube
- •Density of liquid
❖ Depends On:
- •Length of liquid column
- •Acceleration due to gravity
▢ Oscillation of Block in Liquid:
❖ Symbols:
Table 1: Symbols
Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
Density of block | |
Density of liquid | |
Cross-sectional area of block | |
Mass of block | |
Vertical height of block inside liquid at equilibrium |
❖ Restoring Force:
❖ Time Period:
Table 1: Block in Liquid
Condition | Formula |
|---|---|
General | |
Using block density and height | |
▢ Time Shortcuts in SHM:
Table 1: Time Taken in SHM
Path | Time |
|---|---|
Extreme to mean | |
Mean to extreme | |
Complete oscillation displacement | 0 |
Complete oscillation distance |
▢ Phase Relations:
Table 1: Phase Difference in SHM
Quantities | Phase difference |
|---|---|
Displacement and velocity | |
Velocity and acceleration | |
Displacement and acceleration | |
Acceleration and force | 0 |
K.E. and P.E. |
❖ Initial Phase:
Table 1: Starting Point and Phase
Starting point | Equation | |
|---|---|---|
Mean position | 0° | |
Extreme position | 90° |
▢ Energy Frequency:
Table 1: Energy Oscillation
Quantity | Frequency / Period |
|---|---|
SHM frequency | |
K.E. frequency | |
P.E. frequency | |
K.E. and P.E. time period | |
Total energy frequency | 0 |
Total energy | Same at all positions |
▢ Undamped and Damped Oscillations:
Table 1: Oscillation Types
Type | Meaning | Energy / Frequency |
|---|---|---|
Undamped oscillation | SHM with constant amplitude | Total energy constant |
Damped oscillation | SHM with decreasing amplitude with time | Frequency decreases; time period increases |
▢ Read and Digest:
Table 1: Important SHM Points
Fact | Point |
|---|---|
Necessary and sufficient condition | |
Displacement direction | Away from mean position |
Acceleration in SHM | Changes both magnitude and direction |
If acceleration increases | Time period remains same |
SHM system requirement | Elasticity + inertia |
Uniform circular motion | Periodic but not SHM |
Constants in SHM | Time period, frequency, angular frequency, total energy, initial phase |
Variables in SHM | Displacement, velocity, acceleration, force, K.E., P.E. |
Second pendulum | Time period = 2 s; length = 99.29 cm |
Similarly charged horizontal sheet near charged bob | Time period increases |
Oppositely charged sheet near charged bob | Time period decreases |
Spring time period in accelerating vehicle | Same as stationary vehicle |
Simple pendulum in accelerating vehicle | Time period decreases |
Girl on swing stands up | Time period decreases |
Friend sits beside girl on swing | Time period remains same |
Change in amplitude | Does not change time period of simple pendulum |
Hollow sphere filled with water, water flows out | Period first increases then decreases |
Hollow sphere pendulum with mercury, little mercury drained | Time period increases |
Simple pendulum on Moon | |
Length-time period graph | Parabola |
Straight line |
▢ High-Yield Recall:
Table 1: SHM One-Liners
Fact | Answer |
|---|---|
Periodic motion | Position repeats after fixed time |
Oscillatory motion | To-and-fro motion about mean position |
SHM condition | |
Restoring force | |
Linear SHM equation | |
Angular SHM equation | |
Angular frequency | |
Displacement | |
Velocity | |
Acceleration | |
K.E. | |
P.E. | |
Total energy | |
At mean position | Velocity maximum; acceleration zero |
At extreme position | Velocity zero; acceleration maximum |
Velocity-displacement graph | Ellipse |
Acceleration-displacement graph | Straight line |
Simple pendulum time period | |
Spring time period | |
U-tube liquid time period | |
Earth tunnel time period | 84.6 min |
Earth tunnel centre time | 21 min |
Second pendulum length | 99.29 cm |
K.E. frequency | |
Total energy frequency | 0 |
Undamped oscillation | Constant amplitude |
Damped oscillation | Decreasing amplitude |
Q1.
A fan makes 10 revolutions in 3 second
which is just switched on. Considering
uniform acceleration the number of
revolution made by fan in next 3 second is:
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Q2.
The spokes are used in bicycle wheel to
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Q3.
A small mass of 10 gm, lies in a
hemispherical bowl of radius 0.4 m at a
height of 0.2 m from the bottom of the bowl.
The mass will be in equilibrium of the bowl
rotates at an angular speed of
📅BP 2009
Q4.
A thin uniform rod of mass 'm' moves
translationally with acceleration 'a' due to
two antiparallel force of lever arm '. One
force is of magnitude F and acts at one
extreme end. The length of the rod is
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Q5.
A wire of length / and mass 'm' is bent in
the form of a rectangle ABCD with
2. The moment of inertia of this wire frame
about the side BC is :
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Q6.
A billiard ball is hit by a cue at a height "
above the center. It acquires a linear
velocity Vo. Mass of the ball is m and
radius is r. The angular velocity
acquired by the ball is:
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Q7.
A ring, a dice, solid sphere, hollow sphere
are dropped from the same inclined plane
of same height then which one of the
following reaches the ground first
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Q8.
The moment of inertia of a body of mass M
about a given axis is I. What is the radius
of gyration?
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Q9.
The torque due to gravitational force on
body about its centre of mass is: [MOE 2014)
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Q10.
Two forces of 2N and 4N attached at the
ends of a 0.5 meter rod act vertically
downwards. A third force will keep the
system in equilibrium if applied at a point
between the ends of the ro
magnitude, direction and position of the
third force will be:
[MOE 2011]
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Q11.
11. Two point masses of 1 kg and 2
separated by 0.5 m constitute a system
The distance of the centre of mass of the
system from 1 kg mass is:
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Q12.
12. A circular body of mass 2 kg of radius I
then of inertia about diameter is?
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Q13.
13. Moment of inertia doesn't depend upon
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Q14.
14. If 'M' and 'r' are respectively the mass of
electrons and radius of the orbit in which
the electron revolves about the nucleus, the
moment of inertia of electron will be:
[MOE 2009]
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Q15.
15. When a body rolls downs an inclined
plane. The total potential energy of the
body changes into:
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Q16.
16. If no internal force is applied in a body the
velocity of the centre of mass: [IOM 2013]
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Q17.
17. The product of moment of inertia and
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angular acceleration gives,
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Q18.
18, A cylinder has mass "M" a length T and
Radius 'R' then M.I. about own axis is:
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Q19.
Two bodies of masses m, and m; move in
circles of radii r, and ra respectively. If they
complete the circles in equal time, the ratio
of their angular speed @
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Q20.
. A uniform heavy disc is rotating with a
constant angular velocity about a vertical
axis through its center. Some wax is dropped
gently on the disc near to the edge. The
angular velocity of the disc
[KU 2012]
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Q21.
A uniform metal disc of radius R lies in
XY - plane and rotates with uniform
angular velocity w about the Z - axis, the
total induced EMF between the center and
the rim of the disc is equal to; [KU 2011]
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Q22.
Two masses of 1 kg and 2 kg are 9 m apart
and make tw
mass from 1 kg mass will be at [Bangladesh 09]
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Q23.
3. A uniform disc is rotating at a constant
speed about a vertical axis through its
centre. Some wax is gently dropped on the
disc, the angular velocity of the disc[KU 091
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Q24.
. A circular disc of mass m and radius r is
rotating about its axis with uniform speed
of v. What is its kinetic energy? [TOM 04]
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Q25.
When the size of the earth is reduced to
half, mass remaining same, the time period
of the earth rotation will be:
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Q26.
A rotating disc has ...., kinetic energy, i
mass is M & velocity is V
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Q27.
A fly-wheel of mass 10 kg and radius 50
cm is rotating with constant angular speed
of @ with its kinetic energy 20 Joule. The
angular speed of flywheel is
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Q28.
The body applied with constant torque
changes the angular momentum Io to final
angular momentum 41, in 3 sec. then find
torque
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Q29.
Kinetic energy of a body is given by 1/2
mv. Which one of the following expression
is correct for the kinetic energy of the rigid
body where I andw represent the moment
of intertia and angular velocity of the rigid
body?
[MOE 2065]
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Q30.
If a body starts from rest with angular
acceleration a= 6t. What is time taken to
complete 10 revolution?
Q31.
If there is a change of angular momentum
from 2 J to 4 J in 4 sec. Then the torque is
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Q32.
When torque acting upon a system is zer
Which of the following will be constant?
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Q33.
A shell at rest explodes. The centre of mass
of the fragments
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Q34.
The moment of inertia of a disc of mass M
and radius R about an axis which is
tangent to the circumference of the disc
and parallel to its diameter is:
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Q35.
A particle of mass m and radius of
gyration k is rotating with an angular
acceleration o. The torque acting on it is
Q36.
The centre of gravity of a body
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Q37.
Radius of Gyration of an uniform rod
about an axis through its middle is
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Q38.
Let I, and I be the moments of inertia of
two bodies of identical geometrical shape,
the first made of almunium and the second
of iron
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Q39.
Three point masses each of mass m are
placed at the corners of an equilateral
triangle of side /. The moment of inertia of
system about an axis along one side of the
triangle is
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Q40.
Ratio of the angular velocity of the earth
about its axis and the hour hand of a clock
is
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Q41.
If the radius of the earth's orbit is made
one fourth, the duration of year will
become
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Q42.
The moment of inertia of a circular ring of
mass M and radius R about its diameter is
Q43.
The moment of inertia of a thin rod of
mass M, length L, about an axis passing
through a point from one end and
perpendicular to length is
Q44.
The moment of inertia of a solid sphere of
mass M radius R about its diameter is
Q45.
The M.I of a solid cylinder of length /, radius
R about its geometrical axis is same as about
equatorial axis, then the ratio of R and I will
be
Q46.
A uniform metallic disc of moment of
inertia Io about its own axis is melted and a
uniform ring of equal radius is then casted
from it. Then, M.I of the ring about its
diameter will be
Q47.
A uniform metallic disc has its M.I I.
about its diameter. Then its M.I about an
axis through its rim perpendicular to the
plane will be
Q48.
The radii of two steel balls are R and 2R.
Then, their moment of inertia about their
diameters are in the ratio
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Q49.
A circular portion of diameter R is cut out
from the edge of a uniform disc of mass M
and radius R. The M.I of the remaining
portion of the disc about an axis passing
through the centre O of the disc and
perpendicular to its plane is
Q50.
A uniform rod of mass M and length L is
rotating with angular speed ωo with two
beads of mass m on either side of the axis
passing through
its centre and
perpendicular to its length. The beads slide
outward as it rotates. What will be the
final angular speed when the beads reach
the ends ?
Q51.
Three thin rods each of length L and mass
M are placed along X, Y and Z-axis in
such a way that one end of rod is at the
origin. The moment of inertia of the
system about Z-axis is
Q52.
The M.I of two spheres of equal masses
about their respective diameters are same.
If one of them is solid and other is hollow,
then the ratio of their radii (solid to
hollow), will be
Q53.
Two circular discs of same mass an
thickness are made from metals having
densities d, and dy respectively. The ratio
of their moments of inertia about the
central axis will be
Q54.
A wheel of moment of inertia 5x10 kg -m
is making 20 rev/sec. The torque required
to stop it in 10 sec is
Q55.
A thin hollow cylinder open at both ends,
Slides without rotating
rolls without slipping with the same
ii.
speed.
The ratio of K.E in the two cases is:
Q56.
A solid sphere of mass M is rolling on a
horizontal surface without sliding with
velocity v. Its kinetic energy will be
Q57.
A solid sphere of mass M is rotating about
its diameter and linear velocity of a point
on its equator is v. Then its kinetic energy
will be
Q58.
A body rolling without sliding has its
rotational kinetic energy equal to 40% of
total energy. Then body should be
Q59.
A solid spherical ball rolls on a table. Ratio
of rotational. K.E to the total K.E is
Q60.
The least coefficient of friction for an
inclined plane of inclination a with the
horizontal in order that a solid cylinder
will roll down without slipping is
Q61.
A wheel of mass 10kg has a moment of
inertia 160kg-m' about its own axis. The
radius of gyration is:
Q62.
The radius of gyration of a solid disc of
mass 1kg and radius 50cm about an axis
through centre of mass and perpendicular
to its face is
Q63.
A uniform circular disc, 20g is rotating
about its own vertical axis at 30 rpm.
When 20g sand falls on its surface at
distance 5cm from the centre of the disc,
the rate of rotation decreases to 24 rpm.
Then the radius of the disc should be:
Q64.
A particle performs uniform circular
motion with an angular moment L. If the
frequency of particle's motion is doubled
and its kinetic energy is halved, the
angular momentum becomes:
Q65.
A constant torque acting on a uniform
circular wheel changes its . angular
omentum from Jo to 43, in 4 seconds. The
magnitude of the torque is:
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Q66.
A flywheel of moment of inertia 0.5kgm i
rotating 300 rpm initially comes to rest in
10 seconds under constant retarding
torque. Then the number of revolutions
made by the wheel until rest is:
Q67.
A sphere of mass 2kg and radius 5cm is
rotating at the rate of 300rpm. Then th
torque required to stop it in 2nt revolutions is:
Q68.
Two particles A and B initially at rest
move towards each other under a mutual
force of attraction. At the instant when
velocity of A is v and that of B is 2v, the
velocity of centre of mass of the system is:
Q69.
Two particles of masses m, and my are at
distance x. Then, their centre of mass lies
at distance from my.
Q70.
Out of two particles of masses m, and m₂, the
towards their centre of mass. What is the
displacement of centre of mass?
Q71.
Two blocks of masses 5kg and 2kg ar
placed on a frictionless surface and
connected by a spring. An external kick
gives a velocity of 14 m/s to the heavier
block in the direction of lighter one
Calculate the velocity gained by the centre
of mass.
Q72.
A shell is fixed a gun with a muzzle
velocity u m/s at an angle 0 with the
horizontal. At the top of the trajectory, the
shell explodes into two fragments P and Q
of equal mass. If the speed of fragment P
immediately after explosion becomes zero
where does the fragment Q hit the ground
from the point of projection?
Q73.
. A circular plate of uniform thickness has
diameter of 56cm. A circular portion of
diameter 42cm is removed from one edge
as shown in the fig. The centre of mass of
remaining from the centre of plate will be
Q74.
83. Two masses of 1kg and 2kg are 9m apart
and make a two body system. Their centre
of mass from 1kg mass will be at
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Q75.
Let F be a force acting on a particle
having position vector 'r' . Let 't' be the
torque of this force about the origin, then
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Q76.
85. If a gymnast on a rotating stool with his
arms outstretched suddenly lower his arms
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