Damped oscillations exhibit varying periodicity based on the damping regime. In the case of a free damped harmonic oscillator, motion is periodic only in the weakly damped regime; both strongly damped and critically damped regimes result in non-periodic motion. Additionally, undamped harmonic oscillators can demonstrate quasi-periodic motion depending on the irrationality of the frequency ratio. This establishes that not all damped oscillations are periodic.
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For a free (i.e. non-driven) damped harmonic oscillator in the strongly damped or critically damped regime, the motion is not periodic. It's only periodic in the weakly damped regime.Himanshu_6174 said:I am wondering if there are any types of damped oscillation where the time period is not constant i.e. the motion is not periodic!