Explain what resonance is and how damping affects a resonance curve.
From Paper 2: Advanced Physics II
17(b)4 marks
A car of mass 1200 kg rests on suspension with total stiffness 4.8 × 10⁴ N m⁻¹. Calculate its natural frequency and its maximum acceleration when oscillating with amplitude 0.030 m.
From Paper 2: Advanced Physics II
17(c)3 marks
Describe how the kinetic and potential energy of an undamped oscillator vary with displacement.
From Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics
4(a)4 marks
Describe how to investigate how the period of a mass–spring system depends on the mass.
From Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics
4(b)4 marks
The gradient of T² against m is 0.158 s² kg⁻¹. Calculate the spring constant and explain why the line does not pass through the origin.
From Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics
9(c)3 marks
Calculate the period of the jumper's oscillations on the cord and explain why the oscillations die away.
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