Forced Damped Oscillators

Forced Damped Oscillators

A forced damped oscillator will have two stages:

(i) A transient stage (which dies exponentially) in which the

frequency of the oscillator is different from that of the driver.
Ae (  / 2)t cos(t   )
(ii)Steady state stage where the driver and oscillator oscillate with
same frequency.
F0 / m
x cos t
[( 0   )  ( ) ]
2 2 2 2 1/ 2
Phase Relationship between driver and
oscillator as a function of frequency
𝜔 =𝜔 0
𝜋
𝛿=
2

𝜔 ≫>𝜔 0
𝛿=𝜋
𝜔 ≪<𝜔 0
𝛿=0

F0 / m
A
[( 02   2 ) 2  ( ) 2 ]1/ 2 cosϕ
 Solution to Forced Damped Harmonic
Oscillator
F0 / m
A
[( 02   2 ) 2  ( ) 2 ]1/ 2
 Forced damped Free damped
tan   2 Oscillator frequency Oscillator frequency
0   2
F0 / m
x cos  t  Ae (  / 2)t
cos(t   )
[( 0   )  ( ) ]
2 2 2 2 1/ 2

Free undamped
Oscillator frequency

Transient Solution
Steady state Solution
 F0 / m   
A  tan  
[ (  20   2 )1/ 2  (   ) 2  02   2

10.7 Find the driving frequency for which the velocity

of a forced damped oscillator is exactly in phase with
the driving frequency.