Chapter 14: Problem 28
A harmonic oscillator has angular frequency \(\omega\) and amplitude \(A\). (a) What are the magnitudes of the displacement and velocity when the elastic potential energy is equal to the kinetic energy? (Assume that \(U =\) 0 at equilibrium.) (b) How often does this occur in each cycle? What is the time between occurrences? (c) At an instant when the displacement is equal to \(A\)/2, what fraction of the total energy of the system is kinetic and what fraction is potential?
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