Time Period of SHM – Rankers Physics
Topic: Oscillation
Subtopic: Equation of SHM

Time Period of SHM

If maximum speed and maximum acceleration of a particle executing SHM is found to be 5 cm/s and \( 50\pi \, \text{cm/s}^2 \) respectively, then its time period will be
5 s
2 s
\( \frac{1}{5} \, \text{s} \)
\( \frac{1}{10} \, \text{s} \)

Solution:

Using \( v_{\text{max}} = A \omega = 5 \) and \( a_{\text{max}} = A \omega^2 = 50\pi \), we get \( \omega = \frac{a_{\text{max}}}{v_{\text{max}}} = \frac{50\pi}{5} = 10\pi \, \text{rad/s} \). The time period is \( T = \frac{2\pi}{\omega} = \frac{2\pi}{10\pi} = \frac{1}{5} \, \text{s} \).

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