Cars have shock absorbers to damp the oscillations that would otherwise occur
when the springs that attach the wheels to the car's frame are compressed or
stretched. Ideally, the shock absorbers provide critical damping. If the shock
absorbers fail, they provide less damping, resulting in an underdamped motion.
You can perform a simple test of your shock absorbers by pushing down on one
corner of your car and then quickly releasing it If this results in an up-and-
down oscillation of the car, you know that your shock absorbers need changing.
The spring on each wheel of a car has a spring constant of \(4005 \mathrm{~N} /
\mathrm{m}\), and the car has a mass of \(851 \mathrm{~kg}\), equally distributed
over all four wheels. Its shock absorbers have gone bad and provide only \(60.7
\%\) of the damping they were initially designed to provide. What will the
period of the underdamped oscillation of this car be if the pushing-down shock
absorber test is performed?