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III. Long Answer Questions · Q26

Q.Compare the electromagnetic oscillations of LC circuit with the mechanical oscillations of block-spring system qualitatively to find the expression for angular frequency of LC oscillator.

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Step 1. Both systems oscillate between exactly two energy forms: the LC circuit between the capacitor's electrical energy and the inductor's magnetic energy; the spring-mass system between the spring's potential energy and the mass's kinetic energy.

Step 2. Matching quantities term by term: charge q corresponds to displacement x; current i=dq/dti=dq/dt corresponds to velocity v=dx/dtv=dx/dt; inductance L (opposing a change in current, i.e. an inertia-like quantity) corresponds to mass m; and the reciprocal of capacitance 1/C1/C corresponds to the spring's force constant k.

Step 3. The electrical energy 12(1/C)q2\tfrac12(1/C)q^2 then matches the spring's potential energy 12kx2\tfrac12kx^2; the magnetic energy 12Li2\tfrac12Li^2 matches the kinetic energy 12mv2\tfrac12mv^2; so the total energies U=12(1/C)q2+12Li2U=\tfrac12(1/C)q^2+\tfrac12Li^2 and E=12kx2+12mv2E=\tfrac12kx^2+\tfrac12mv^2 correspond exactly. …

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