Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems · Problem 3-20

Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos — Marion & Thornton

Physics — Mechanics · velocity-resonance

Problem

Plot a velocity resonance curve for a driven, damped oscillator with

Q = 6

, and show that the full width of the curve between the points corresponding to

\dot{x}_{\max}/\sqrt{2}

is approximately equal to

\omega_0/6