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1. A critically damped oscillator of unit mass with natural frequency is subjected to an ext ...
1. A critically damped oscillator of unit mass with natural frequency ? is subjected to an external force f(t)=f0?e??t, where ? is a positive constant and ??=?. The equation of motion has the form x¨+2?x?+?2x=f(t). (a) Determine a particular solution xp?(t) to the above equation. (b) Write down the general solution xh?(t) to the corresponding homogeneous differential equation. mark] [1 (c) Find the complete solution x(t) using the initial conditions x(0)=0,x?(0)=0. [1 mark] (d) Find the limiting form of the solution in (c) when ???. Your answer should involve only f0?,? and t. [1 mark]