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Questions
Give examples of forced vibrations.
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Solution
- When the stem of a vibrating tuning fork is pressed against the top of a table, the tuning fork forces the table top to vibrate with its own frequency. The vibrations produced in the tabletop are forced vibrations.
- When a guitar is played, the vibrations produced by the strings of the guitar are the forced vibrations.
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