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Simple Pendulum

  • Science
  • Class 7–9
  • 3D model
  • English

Simple Pendulum: a 3D model for Class 7–9 Science, covering A simple pendulum is a small bob on a light string that does not stretch, hanging from a fixed pivot., The length of a pendulum is measured from the pivot to the centre of the bob., One oscillation is complete only when the bob returns to its starting position moving in the same direction…, The time period is found by timing several oscillations and dividing the total time by their number., For small angles the period is T = 2π√(L/g): four times the length gives twice the period..

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Also called

pendulum · oscillation · time period · periodic motion · pendulum length and period · bob and string · seconds pendulum

Topics

  • A simple pendulum is a small bob on a light string that does not stretch, hanging from a fixed pivot.
  • The length of a pendulum is measured from the pivot to the centre of the bob.
  • One oscillation is complete only when the bob returns to its starting position moving in the same direction…
  • The time period is found by timing several oscillations and dividing the total time by their number.
  • For small angles the period is T = 2π√(L/g): four times the length gives twice the period.
  • The mass of the bob does not change the period of an ideal simple pendulum.
  • Air resistance (damping) makes the swings smaller, but each oscillation still takes about the same time.

About this model

A GLB file of about 886 KB, shown in Lably's 3D viewer and, on a phone, placed in your room with AR. Credit: Pivot housing geometry: DFKI RIC Underactuated Robotics Lab, torque_limited_simple_pendulum (BSD-3-Clause). Stand, string, bobs, rulers, readouts and all animation: Lably. | Model: newly authored geometry and animation for Lably, plus the pivot housing shape from base_link.STL, BSD-3-Clause (Copyright (c) 2021, DFKI RIC Underactuated Robotics Lab).

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