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What happens if kinetic and potential energy are equal?
We take example of SHM. So, in SHM when displacement x= amplitude A divided by sqrt 2, kinetic and potential energies are same. Kinetic energy is equal to potential energy when height of the body is equal to square of velocity whole divided by 2times acceleration due to gravity . ie,h=v^2/2*g.
When kinetic energy is equal to potential energy in SHM?
In a SHM kinetic and potential energies becomes equal when the displacement is 1/√(2) times the amplitude.
What affects amplitude in SHM?
This motion is affected by the force constant of the board (a stiffer board will not oscillate as much) and the weight of the person (a heavier person will cause greater amplitude of oscillation). The basic function of our ears, hearing, cannot be possible without SHM.
What is the relation between total SHM energy and amplitude?
Thus, the total energy in the simple harmonic motion of a particle is: Directly proportional to its mass. Directly proportional to the square of the frequency of oscillations and. Directly proportional to the square of the amplitude of oscillation.
At what displacement the kinetic and potential energies are equal given a amplitude?
Assertion: In a simpleharmonic motion the kinetic and potential energy becomes equal when the displacement is (1)/(sqrt(2)) time the amplitude Reason: is SHM kinetic energy is zero when potential energy is maximum.
What fraction of total energy is potential energy when the displacement is one half of amplitude?
Potential energy is given as $U = \dfrac{1}{2}k\dfrac{{{x_m}^2}}{4}$ since it’s given that amplitude is half of maximum amplitude. Hence the fraction of potential energy to total energy is $0.25$. Hence, the fraction of Kinetic energy to total energy is $0.75$.
Does amplitude depend on mass in SHM?
The amplitude of a spring-block system should depend on the block’s mass looking at the conservation of energy equation for SHM. Mass is directly proportional to amplitude.
Is amplitude constant in SHM?
One interesting characteristic of the SHM of an object attached to a spring is that the angular frequency, and therefore the period and frequency of the motion, depend on only the mass and the force constant, and not on other factors such as the amplitude of the motion.
What is the relation between the potential energy and total energy of a particle performing a SHM when it is halfway between the mean and extreme position?
So, potential energy is directly proportional to the square of the displacement. Thus, the potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator when the particle is half way to its end point is one by four times of total energy .
What is the energy of shm as a function of time?
This occurs when the velocity is maximum and the mass is at the equilibrium position. The potential energy is maximum when the speed is zero. The total energy is the sum of the kinetic energy plus the potential energy and it is constant. We have just considered the energy of SHM as a function of time.
What is the relationship between kinetic energy and potential energy?
The kinetic energy and potential energy of a particle executing SHM will be equal when displacement ( amplitude =a) is. The kinetic energy and potential energy of a particle executing SHM will be equal when displacement (. a.
What is the kinetic energy in the middle of a spring?
For example, with a horizontal spring, you can say that the kinetic energy in the middle of the motion is equal to the elastic potential energy at full stretch. So 1/2 mv ^2 in the middle equals 1\\2 kx ^2 at the edges. Or for a pendulum, mgh at the top equals 1/2 mv ^2 in the middle.
What is the potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator?
The potential energy stored in the deformation of the spring is In a simple harmonic oscillator, the energy oscillates between kinetic energy of the mass stored in the spring. In the SHM of the mass and spring system, there are no dissipative forces, so the total energy is the sum of the potential energy and kinetic energy.