
Dynamics of the particle in a field of elastic forces
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and the forced vibration (the forced oscillation) of pulsation
p , as it was shown in
Subsec. 2.2.4. If, in particular, we assume homogeneous initial conditions
(
00
0xv==) and if the phase shift of the perturbing force vanishes ( 0ϕ = ), then it
results
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() (cos cos )xt pt t
p
α
ω
ω
=−
−
.
(8.2.45)
If the pulsation
p
differs much from the pulsation ω (p ω or p ω ), then the
diagram of motion is that in Fig.8.22 (the case
p ω , hence a proper vibration of
great pulsation “carried” by a forced vibration of small pulsation); we notice that the
maximal elongation of the resultant motion is practically equal to the double of the
amplitude of one of the motions (
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max
2/xpαω≅−). If the two pulsations are
close in magnitude, then one obtains the phenomenon of “beats” (Fig.8.23).
If
p ω= , then it results a non-determination in (8.2.45), as well as in (8.2.42'). If
p ω→
, then one obtains at the limit (we use L’Hospital’s theorem)
() sin
2
xt t t
α
ω
ω
= ,
(8.2.46)
Figure 8.42. Phenomenon of resonance. Diagram ()xt vs
t
.
for the law of motion (8.2.45). In case of the equation of motion (8.2.42') we get an
analogous result (supplementary harmonic vibrations are added). The diagram of
motion (8.2.46) is a sinusoid of amplitude modulated along the straight lines
/2xtαω=± and of pseudoperiod 2/T πω
(Fig.8.42). The amplitude increases
very much, in arithmetic progression, and the phenomenon is called resonance, being
extremely dangerous for civil and industrial constructions or for engine building; the
increasing velocity of the amplitude is given by the slope
1
11
/
2
2
2/
c
Fm
FF
k
km
km
α
ω
===
,
(8.2.47)
hence it is in direct proportion to the amplitude
11
Fm mαα
= of the perturbing
force and in inverse proportion to the critical coefficient of damping (8.2.14). If