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This problem is an example of critically damped harmonic motion. A mass m=3kg is attached to bot ...
This problem is an example of critically damped harmonic motion. A mass m=3kg is attached to both a spring with spring constant k=147N/m and a dash-pot with damping constant c=42N?s/m. The ball is started in motion with initial position x0?=5m and initial velocity v0?=?39m/s. Determine the position function x(t) in meters. Graph the function x(t). Now assume the mass is set in motion with the same initial position and velocity, but with the dashpot disconnected ( so c=0 ). Solve the resulting differential equation to find the position function u(t). In this case the position function u(t) can be written as u(t)=C0?cos(?0?t??0?). Determine C0?,?0? and ?0?. C0?=1?0?=?0?=? (assume v??0?<<? ) ? Finally, graph both function x(t) and u(t) in the same window to illustrate the effect of damping.