Free Damped Oscillations
Free Damped Oscillations
Free Damped Oscillations
Department of Physics
COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI),
Lahore Campus
Free Damped Oscillations
Learn later that the electromagnetic waves are produced by radiations from
oscillating electric and magnetic fields.
The effect of radiation by an oscillating system and friction present in the
system is that the amplitude of oscillations gradually diminishes (reduce) with
time. The reduction in amplitude ( or energy) of an oscillator is called damping
and oscillation is said to be damped.
Damping Force
2
𝐹 =𝑝 1 𝑣+ 𝑝 2 𝑣
𝐹 =− 𝑝𝑣 [ 3.1]
𝐹 =− 𝑝𝑣 [ 3.1]
1- Damped Harmonic Oscillation
Fig 3.1 Damped oscillator with a damping force acting against the direction of motion
When the system is displaced from its equilibrium state and release, it beings
to move.
The forces acting on the system are: 1- Restoring force 2- Damping force
1- Restoring force : F = - K ,
where K = Coefficient of restoring force, = displacement
2- Damping force: F = - p
Where p = Coefficient of damping force, = is the velocity of the moving
part of the system.
This equations holds only for small displacement and small velocities
=- -
=, [3.3] 2=
[3.4]
= -2 -
+ +2
𝐷𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝜓 = 𝐴 𝑒
𝛼𝑡 𝑑𝜓 𝛼𝑡
2
𝑑 𝜓
=𝛼 𝐴 𝑒 =𝛼
2
𝐴 𝑒
𝛼𝑡
+ +2
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
2
+ +2 + +2
𝑇h𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 h𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 t , 𝑡h𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠h
+ +2
𝛾 1 𝛾 1
𝑇𝑤𝑜 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡h𝑖𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝛼 1 =− + ¿ 𝛼 2=− − ¿
2 2 2 2
𝜓 1= 𝐴 1 𝑒
𝛼1 𝑡
𝜓 1= 𝐴 1 exp ¿
𝜓 2= 𝐴 2 𝑒
𝛼2 𝑡
𝜓 2= 𝐴 2 exp ¿
𝜓 =𝜓 1 +𝜓 2
𝜓 = 𝐴 1 exp ¿