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Mechanical Oscillations

Problem 4.1

A point oscillates along the xx axis according to the law xx =acos(ωtπ/4).=a \cos (\omega t-\pi / 4) . Draw the approximate plots (a) of displacement xx, velocity projection vxv_{x}, and acceleration projection wxw_{x} as functions of time tt (b) velocity projection vxv_{x} and acceleration projection wxw_{x} as functions of the coordinate xx.

Reveal Answer
(a) See Fig. 27; (b) (vx/aω)2+(x/a)2=1\left(v_{x} / a \omega\right)^{2}+(x / a)^{2}=1 and wx=ω2xw_{x}=-\omega^{2} x.