2019 EXAMINATIONS

PHYSICS: Paper PH1.C1 - Modules PHYS131-135 – June 2019 (2.5 hours)

• Candidates should attempt the sections on ALL modules for which they are
registered.
• The time allocated is 30 minutes per section.
• In each section candidates should answer all parts of the question.
• Mark weighting is indicated by the numbers in square brackets following each part.
• Use a SEPARATE ANSWER BOOK for EACH SECTION. Please write in INK.

PHYSICAL CONSTANTS

Planck’s constant h = 6.63 × 10−34 J s

Boltzmann’s constant
Mass of electron
Mass of proton
Electronic charge
Speed of light
Avogadro’s number
Permittivity of the vacuum
Permeability of the vacuum
Gravitational constant
Wien’s displacement constant
Stefan-Boltzmann constant
Bohr magneton
Bohr radius
Gas constant
Acceleration due to gravity
1 standard atmosphere
Mass of Sun
Mass of Earth
Radius of Earth
1AU
~ = 1.05 × 10−34 J s
kB = 1.38 × 10−23 J K−1
me = 9.11 × 10−31 kg
mp = 1.67 × 10−27 kg
e = 1.60 × 10−19 C
c = 3.00 × 108 m s−1
NA = 6.02 × 1023 mol−1
0 = 8.85 × 10−12 F m−1
µ0 = 4π × 10−7 H m−1
G = 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg−2
= 2.90 × 10−3 m K
σ = 5.67 × 10−8 W m−2 K−4
µB = 9.27 × 10−24 J T−1 (or A m2 )
a0 = 5.29 × 10−11 m
R = 8.31 J K−1 mol−1
g = 9.81 m s−2
= 1.01 × 105 N m−2
1M = 1.99 × 1030 kg
= 5.97 × 1024 kg
= 6.38 × 106 m
= 1.50 × 1011 m

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 Section C: Module 133 - Oscillations and Waves

Start a NEW ANSWER BOOK for this section

and answer all parts of the following questions.

C1. A 0.800 kg point mass is vertically suspended on an ideal spring with spring constant
of 20.0 N m−1 . The mass undergoes a simple harmonic motion with an amplitude
of 4.00 cm along the y axis around the equilibrium position at y = 0.00 m.

(a) Find the period and the angular frequency of the oscillation.
(b) At time t0 = 0.00 s the mass is at y = 1.00 cm and is moving in the direction of
negative y. Calculate the necessary parameters and write down the equation
for harmonic motion of the mass as a function of time.
(c) Find the velocity of the mass at the moment t =1.20 s.
(d) When the mass had zero velocity, the experimenter kicked the mass along the
y direction imparting a speed of 5.00 cm s−1 immediately after the impact.
Find the maximum deflection of the mass from the equilibrium position during
oscillations after the event. [12]

C2. A transverse wave with displacement along the y axis of amplitude A = 2.00 cm and
a cyclic frequency of f = 80.0 Hz, is travelling along the string in the direction of
negative x axis with the velocity v =10.0 m s−1 .

(a) Write down the equation in symbolic variables that determines the displace-
ment, y, of a string as a function of time, t, along the x axis as a function of
f, A, v, x, t and a phase φ.
(b) A point on the string at x = 0.000 cm at the moment t = 4.00 × 10−3 s has the
coordinate y = 0.500 cm and moves in the direction of negative y. Calculate
the necessary parameters and write down the equation for the displacement of
a string as a function of time and position along the x axis.
(c) The wave described in (b) now encounters a fixed wall at the coordinate x =
0.00 m. Write down the equation for the resulting standing wave and the
position of the antinode closest to x =0.00 m.
[9]

C3. A pipe organ can be represented as a series of tubes that are closed at one end and
open at the other. You may assume the speed of sound in air is 344.0 m s−1 .

(a) Calculate the length of the certain tube of the pipe organ if that tube funda-
mental frequency is f0 = 440.0 Hz.
(b) The listener runs towards the pipe organ at a speed of 5.000 m s−1 . Find out
the frequency a listener will hear.
(c) Draw a diagram showing the displacement and the pressure of the first overtone
of the tube in part 3(a). Specify the frequency of the overtone.

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(d) The organist pressed two different notes that produces sound from two tubes
simultaneously. The frequency of one tube is f0 = 440.0 Hz and the frequency
of the other tube is f1 = 466.2 Hz.
Write down the symbolic equation of the air displacement as a function of time.
Draw a corresponding sketch and specify the value of the beat frequency.
[9]

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