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Critical damping is a function of

  1. a)mass and stiffness

  2. b)mass and damping co-efficient

  3. c)stiffness and natural frequency

  4. d)natural frequency and damping co-efficient
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Explanation

The critical damping coefficient Cc = 2√(km), which depends only on mass (m) and stiffness (k). Critical damping is the threshold between oscillatory and non-oscillatory response in a second-order system, determined solely by these system parameters.

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