Question

What are forced vibrations ? Give one example to illustrate your answer.

Answer 1

Definition:
When a body executes vibrations under the action of an external periodic force, then the vibrations are called forced vibrations.
Example:
If we were to take a guitar string and stretch it to a given length and a given tightness and pluck it, we would hear a noise; but the noise would not even be close in comparison to the loudness produced by an acoustic guitar. On the other hand, if the string is attached to the sound box of the guitar, the vibrating string is capable of forcing the sound box into vibrating at that same natural frequency. The sound box in turn forces air particles inside the box into vibrational motion at the same natural frequency as the string. The entire system (string, guitar, and enclosed air) begins vibrating and forces surrounding air particles into vibrational motion. The tendency of one object to force another adjoining or interconnected object into vibrational motion is referred to as a forced vibration.