2. (20 pts) Consider a spring-mass-damper system with equation of motion given by: $2\ddot{x} + 12\dot{x} + 116x = 0$ a) Is the system overdamped, underdamped or critically damped? Does the system oscillate? If the system oscillates then: b) Compute the frequency of the oscillations in rad/s and Hz. c) Compute the solution if the system is given initial conditions $x_0 = -1$ mm and $v_0 = -7$ mm/s
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Since x = 0, it means that the displacement of the system is 0. This indicates that the system is at equilibrium and not oscillating. Show more…
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