Q1PhysicsUnit 10: Oscillations and Waves
Assertion
The graph between velocity and displacement for a harmonic oscillator is an ellipse.
Reason
Velocity does not change uniformly with displacement in harmonic motion.
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Part of Oscillations and Waves in JEE Main Physics.
- Oscillations and periodic motion: time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions
- Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) and its equation, phase
- Oscillations of a spring: restoring force and force constant
- Energy in S.H.M.: kinetic and potential energies
- Simple pendulum: derivation of expression for its time period
- Wave motion, longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of the travelling wave, displacement relation for a progressive wave
- Principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, beats
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Q2PhysicsUnit 10: Oscillations and Waves
The maximum acceleration of a particle
in SHM is made two times keeping the
maximum speed to be constant. It is possible when
Q3PhysicsUnit 10: Oscillations and Waves
Assertion
For a particle performing SHM, its speed decreases as it goes away from the mean position.
Reason
In SHM, the acceleration is always
opposite to the velocity of the particle.
Q4PhysicsUnit 10: Oscillations and Waves
A particle moves along the X-axis
according to the equation
the amplitudes and
frequencies of component SHMs are
Q5PhysicsUnit 10: Oscillations and Waves
The displacement of a particle in
motion is given in terms of time by
4)
Q6PhysicsUnit 10: Oscillations and Waves
A particle executing S.H.M. completes a distance (taking friction as negligible) in one complete one time period.
Q7PhysicsUnit 10: Oscillations and Waves
A particle performing SHM with a frequency of and amplitude is initially in the positive extreme position. The equation for its displacement is
Q8PhysicsUnit 10: Oscillations and Waves
Assertion
Path of a particle in SHM is always a
straight line.
Reason
All straight line motions are not simple
harmonic.
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