Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

4th Edition

ISBN: 9780136139225

Author: Douglas C. Giancoli

Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Chapter 14, Problem 52P

(II) A student wants to use a meter stick as a pendulum. She plans to drill a small hole through the meter stick and suspend it from a smooth pin attached to the wall (Fig. 14–34). Where in the meter stick should she drill the hole to obtain the shortest possible period? How short an oscillation period can she obtain with a meter stick in this way?

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Ch. 14.1 - An object is oscillating back and forth. Which of...Ch. 14.1 - A mass is oscillating on a frictionless surface at...Ch. 14.1 - If an oscillating mass has a frequency of 1.25 Hz,...Ch. 14.2 - Which of the following represents a simple...Ch. 14.2 - By how much should the mass on the end of a spring...Ch. 14.2 - The position of a SHO is given by x = (0.80 m)...Ch. 14.3 - Suppose the spring in Fig. 1410 is compressed to x...Ch. 14.5 - If a simple pendulum is taken from sea level to...Ch. 14.5 - Return to the Chapter-Opening Question, p. 369,...Ch. 14.5 - (a) Estimate the length of a simple pendulum that...

Ch. 14 - Give some examples of everyday vibrating objects....Ch. 14 - Is the acceleration of a simple harmonic...Ch. 14 - Explain why the motion of a piston in an...Ch. 14 - Real springs have mass. 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At t = 0 it...Ch. 14 - (II) What is the period of a simple pendulum 53cm...Ch. 14 - (II) A simple pendulum oscillates with an...Ch. 14 - (II) Your grandfather clocks pendulum has a length...Ch. 14 - (II) Derive a formula for the maximum speed vmax...Ch. 14 - (II) A pendulum consists of a tiny bob of mass M...Ch. 14 - (II) The balance wheel of a watch is a thin ring...Ch. 14 - (II) The human leg can be compared to a physical...Ch. 14 - (II) (a) Determine the equation of motion (for as...Ch. 14 - (II) A student wants to use a meter stick as a...Ch. 14 - (II) A meter stick is hung at its center from a...Ch. 14 - (II) An aluminum disk. 12.5cm in diameter and 375g...Ch. 14 - (II) A plywood disk of radius 20.0cm and mass...Ch. 14 - (II) A 0.835-kg block oscillates on the end of a...Ch. 14 - (II) Estimate how the damping constant changes...Ch. 14 - (II) A physical pendulum consists of an...Ch. 14 - (II) A damped harmonic oscillator loses 6.0% of...Ch. 14 - (II) A vertical spring of spring constant 115 N/m...Ch. 14 - (III) (a) Show that the total mechanical energy,...Ch. 14 - (III) A glider on an air track is connected by...Ch. 14 - (II) (a) For a forced oscillation at resonance ( =...Ch. 14 - Prob. 64P Ch. 14 - (II) An 1150 kg automobile has springs with k =...Ch. 14 - (II) Construct an accurate resonance curve, from ...Ch. 14 - (II) The amplitude of a driven harmonic oscillator...Ch. 14 - (III) By direct substitution, show that Eq. 1422,...Ch. 14 - (III) Consider a simple pendulum (point mass bob)...Ch. 14 - A 62-kg person jumps from a window to a fire net...Ch. 14 - An energy-absorbing car bumper has a spring...Ch. 14 - The length of a simple pendulum is 0.63 m, the...Ch. 14 - A simple pendulum oscillates with frequency f....Ch. 14 - A 0.650-kg mass oscillates according to the...Ch. 14 - (a)A crane has hoisted a 1350-kg car at the...Ch. 14 - An oxygen atom at a particular site within a DNA...Ch. 14 - A seconds pendulum has a period of exactly 2.000...Ch. 14 - A 320-kg wooden raft floats on a lake. 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