University Physics Volume 11st EditionSamuel J Ling Jeff, Sanny, William Moebs Publisher: OpenStaxISBN: 9781630182137
University Physics Volume 1
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Problem 15.1CYU:
Check Your Understanding Why would it hurt more if you snapped your hand with a ruler than with a...Problem 15.2CYU:
Check Your Understanding Identify one way you could decrease the maximum velocity of a simple...Problem 15.3CYU:
Check Your Understanding Identify an object that undergoes uniform circular motion. Describe how you...Problem 15.4CYU:
Check Your Understanding An engineer builds two simple pendulums. Both are suspended from small...Problem 15.6CYU:
Check Your Understanding A famous magic trick involves a performer singing a note toward a crystal...Problem 1CQ:
What conditions must be met to produce SHM?Problem 2CQ:
(a) If frequency is not constant for some oscillation, can the oscillation be SHM? (b) Can you think...Problem 3CQ:
Give an example of a simple harmonic oscillator, specifically noting how its frequency is...Problem 4CQ:
Explain why you expect an object made of a stiff material to vibrate at a higher frequency than a...Problem 5CQ:
As you pass a freight truck with a trailer on a highway, you notice that its trailer is bouncing up...Problem 6CQ:
Some people modify cars to be much closer to the ground than when manufactured. Should they install...Problem 8CQ:
Explain in terms of energy how dissipative forces such as friction reduce the amplitude of a...Problem 9CQ:
The temperature of the atmosphere oscillates from a maximum near noontime and a minimum near...Problem 10CQ:
Can this analogy of SHM to circular motion be carried out with an object oscillating on a spring...Problem 11CQ:
Can this analogy of SHM to circular motion be carried out with an object oscillating on a spring...Problem 12CQ:
Can this analogy of SHM to circular motion be carried out with an object oscillating on a spring...Problem 13CQ:
A pendulum clock works by measuring the period of a pendulum. In the springtime the clock runs with...Problem 14CQ:
With the use of a phase shift, the position of an object may be modeled as a cosine or sine...Problem 15CQ:
Give an example of a damped harmonic oscillator. (They are more common than undamped or simple...Problem 16CQ:
How would a car bounce after a bump under each of these conditions? (a) overdamping (b) underdamping...Problem 17CQ:
Most harmonic oscillators are damped and, if undriven, eventually come to a stop. Why?Problem 18CQ:
Why are soldiers in general ordered to “route step” (walk out of step) across a bridge?Problem 19CQ:
Do you think there is any harmonic motion in the physical world that is not damped harmonic motion?...Problem 20CQ:
Some engineers use sound to diagnose performance problems with car engines. Occasionally, a part of...Problem 21P:
Prove that using x(t)=Asin(t+) will produce the same results for the period for the oscillations of...Problem 22P:
What is the period of 60.0 Hz of electrical power?Problem 23P:
If your heart rate is 150 beats per minute during strenuous exercise, what is the time per beat in...Problem 26P:
A tire has a tread pattern with a crevice every 2.00 cm. Each crevice makes a single vibration as...Problem 27P:
Each piston of an engine makes a sharp sound every other revolution of the engine. (a) How fast is a...Problem 28P:
A type of cuckoo clock keeps time by having a mass bouncing on a spring, usually something cute like...Problem 29P:
A mass m0is attached to a spring and hung vertically. The mass is raised a short distance in the...Problem 30P:
A 0.500-kg mass suspended from a spring oscillates with a period of 1.50 s. How much mass must be...Problem 31P:
By how much leeway (both percentage and mass) would you have in the selection of the mass of the...Problem 32P:
Fish are hung on a spring scale to determine their mass. (a) What is the force constant of the...Problem 33P:
It is weigh-in time for the local under-85-kg rugby team. The bathroom scale used to assess...Problem 34P:
One type of BB gun uses a spring-driven plunger to blow the BB from its barrel. (a) Calculate the...Problem 35P:
When an 80.0-kg man stands on a pogo stick, the spring is compressed 0.120 m. (a) What is the force...Problem 36P:
A spring has a length of 0.200 m when a 0.300-kg mass hangs from it, and a length of 0.750 m when a...Problem 37P:
The length of nylon rope from which a mountain climber is suspended has an effective force constant...Problem 38P:
The motion of a mass on a spring hung vertically, where the mass oscillates up and down, can also be...Problem 39P:
(a) A novelty clock has a 0.0100-kg-mass object bouncing on a spring that has a force constant of...Problem 40P:
Reciprocating motion uses the rotation of a motor to produce linear motion up and down or back and...Problem 41P:
A student stands on the edge of a merry-go-round which rotates five times a minute and has a radius...Problem 43P:
Some people think a pendulum with a period of 1.00 s can be driven with “mental energy” or psycho...Problem 44P:
What is the period of a 1.00-m-long pendulum?Problem 45P:
How long does it take a child on a swing to complete one swing if her center of gravity is 4.00 m...Problem 47P:
Two parakeets sit on a swing with their combined CMs 10.0 cm below the pivot. At what frequency do...Problem 48P:
(a) A pendulum that has a period of 3.00000 s and that is located where the acceleration due to...Problem 49P:
A pendulum with a period of 2.00000 s in one location (g=9.80m/s2) is moved to a new location where...Problem 50P:
(a) What is the effect on the period of a pendulum if you double its length? (b) What is the effect...Problem 51P:
The amplitude of a lightly damped oscillator decreases by 3.0% during each cycle. What percentage of...Problem 52P:
How much energy must the shock absorbers of a 1200-kg car dissipate in order to damp a bounce that...Problem 53P:
If a car has a suspension system with a force constant of 5.00104 N/m , how much energy must the...Problem 54P:
(a) How much will a spring that has a force constant of 40.0 N/m be stretched by an object with a...Problem 55P:
Suppose you have a 0.750-kg object on a horizontal surface connected to a spring that has a force...Problem 56AP:
Suppose you attach an object with mass m to a vertical spring originally at rest, and let it bounce...Problem 57AP:
A diver on a diving board is undergoing SHM. Her mass is 55.0 kg and the period of her motion is...Problem 58AP:
Suppose a diving board with no one on it bounces up and down in a SHM with a frequency of 4.00 Hz....Problem 59AP:
The device pictured in the following figure entertains infants while keeping them from wandering....Problem 60AP:
A mass is placed on a frictionless, horizontal table. A spring (k=100N/m) , which can be stretched...Problem 61AP:
Find the ratio of the new/old periods of a pendulum if the pendulum were transported from Earth to...Problem 62AP:
At what rate will a pendulum clock run on the Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is 1.63...Problem 63AP:
If a pendulum-driven clock gains 5.00 s/day, what fractional change in pendulum length must be made...Problem 64AP:
A 2.00-kg object hangs, at rest, on a 1.00-m-long string attached to the ceiling. A 100-g mass is...Problem 65AP:
A 2.00-kg object hangs, at rest, on a 1.00-m-long string attached to the ceiling. A 100-g object is...Problem 66AP:
Assume that a pendulum used to drive a grandfather clock has a length L0=1.00 m and a mass M at...Problem 67AP:
A 2.00-kg block lies at rest on a frictionless table. A spring, with a spring constant of 100 N/m is...Problem 68CP:
A suspension bridge oscillates with an effective force constant of 1.00108 N/m . (a) How much energy...Problem 69CP:
Near the top of the Citigroup Center building in New York City, there is an object with mass of...Problem 70CP:
Parcels of air (small volumes of air) in a stable atmosphere (where the temperature increases with...Problem 71CP:
Consider the van der Waals potential U(r)=U0[( R 0 r)122( R 0 r)6] , used to model the potential...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
Chapter 1 - Units And MeasurementChapter 2 - VectorsChapter 3 - Motion Along A Straight LineChapter 4 - Motion In Two And Three DimensionsChapter 5 - Newton's Law Of MotionChapter 6 - Applications Of Newton's LawsChapter 7 - Work And Kinetic EnergyChapter 8 - Potential Energy And Conservation Of EnergyChapter 9 - Linear Momentum And CollisionsChapter 10 - Fixed-axis Rotation
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