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What is geometric damping?
Geometric damping is also called radiation damping. It is defined as energy radiation into a surrounding medium. Damping is defined as energy dissipation property of structures and materials that are put through time-variable loading.
Why does sound get quieter?
Because of air damping.
Calculation of damping ratio for car suspension?
Yes, but it involves a second order differential equation. Using the mass, spring constant and damping constant any physical object or assembly's damping ratio can be calculated. In the design of the vehicle the damping ratio was determined by the engineers at the automaker depending on the type of car. A sports car would have a higher damping ratio (maybe 0.7 or so) than a cushy luxury car. Over time the damping ratio will change as the components age. The most obvious is the bouncy feeling when you don't replace your struts or shocks as intended. That's when your tight sports car's suspension starts to behave like a 70's Buick. You just lowered your damping ratio without knowing it.
How is inertia related to pendulums?
Inertia is a massive object's resistance to change. It should be obvious then that mass is directly proportional to how long the pendulum swings before coming to rest, since more mass means harder to stop. Mathematically, you'll find this dependence on mass in the damping equations of pendulums.
Is 120-xL proportional or not proportional?
It is an expression, not an equation and so cannot be proportional nor non-proportional.
