A passenger car traveling down a rough road bounces up and down at 1.5 Hz with a maximum vertical acceleration of 0.30 m/s2 both typical values.
What is the amplitude of the oscillation?
F= 1.5 Hz
a= .30m/s2
amax = (2π f)2 x A
0.30m/s2 = (2π x 2.5)2 x A
A = 0.30m/s2/(2π x 2.5)2
= .003377 m
= .3377 cm
What is the maximum speed of the oscillation?
vmax = 2π x F x A
= (2π x 1.5) .003377
= 3.0 x 10-2m/s
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