Frequency bandwidth of viscous oscillator power absorption
ID: frequency-bandwidth-of-viscous-oscillator-power-absorption
For a forced harmonic oscillator with constant viscous damping coefficient , the average power divided by its maximum is . It peaks at . Its two positive half-power angular frequencies are . Hence their separation is exactly , and their product is . The narrow-resonance approximation is needed for symmetry about the peak, not for the exact bandwidth in angular-frequency units.
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