Answer to Question #81867 in Optics for taru

Question

A gun barrel of mass 600 kg has a recoil spring of stiffness 294 kN/meter. If the barrel recoils 1.3m on firing determine (i) the initial recoil velocity of the barrel (ii) the critical damping co-efficient of the dash pot which is engaged at the end of the recoil strike (iii) the equation of motion of the gun barrel if the time of recoils is of time period.