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A mass attached to a spring is free to oscillate, with angular velocity ω\omega, in a horizontal plane without friction or damping. It is pulled to a distance x0x_0 and pushed towards the centre with a velocity v0v_0 at time t=0t = 0. Determine the amplitude of the resulting oscillations in terms of the parameters ω\omega, x0x_0 and v0v_0.
Solution:  
Let the displacement of the particle at any time t be represented by
x=Acos(ωt+ϕ0)x = A \cos (\omega t + \phi_0)...(i)
where A = amplitude, ϕ0=\phi_0 = initial phase
If vv be the velocity of the particle at time t, Then
v=dxdt=ddt[Acos(ωt+ϕ0)]=Aωsin(ωt+ϕ0)v = \frac{dx}{dt} = \frac{d}{dt} [A \cos(\omega t + \phi_0)] = -A \omega \sin(\omega t + \phi_0)...(ii)
At t=0,x=x0t = 0, x = x_0 and v=v0v = v_0
By putting t = 0, from (i) and (ii), we get
x0=Acosϕ0x_0 = A \cos \phi_0,
v0=Acosϕ0v_0 = -A \cos \phi_0
v0=ω(Asinϕ0)2\Rightarrow v_0 = -\omega \sqrt{(A \sin \phi_0)^2}
=ωA2(1cos2ϕ0)= -\omega \sqrt{A^2 (1 - \cos^2 \phi_0)} =ωA2A2cos2ϕ0= -\omega \sqrt{A^2 - A^2 \cos^2 \phi_0}
=ωA2x02(iii)= -\omega \sqrt{A^2 - x_0^2} \ldots (iii)
Equation (iii) shows that initial velocity is negative. Squaring on both sides of equation (iii), we get
v02=ω(A2x02)v_0^2 = \omega (A^2 - x_0^2) ;
A2x02=v02ω2A^2 - x_0^2 = \frac{v_0^2}{\omega^2}
A2=x02+v02ω2;\Rightarrow A^2 = x_0^2 + \frac{v_0^2}{\omega^2};
A=x02+v02ω2A = \sqrt{x_0^2 + \frac{v_0^2}{\omega^2}}
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