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Chapter 15: Q.35 (page 416)

Vision is blurred if the head is vibrated at 29 Hz because the vibrations are resonant with the natural frequency of the eyeball in its socket. If the mass of the eyeball is 7.5 g, a typical value, what is the effective spring constant of the musculature that holds the eyeball in the socket?

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The effective sprint constant is 248.757 N/m

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Introduction

The frequency of oscillation of a spring-mass system is given by

f=12πkm

where

ff=29HzHz is the frequency of oscillation

m=7.5g=0.0075kgis the mass of the eyeball

k is the spring constant

Solving equation for k

k=2×π×292×0.0075k=(2×3.14×29)2×0.0075 k=248.757N/m

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