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Hyperphysics: Simple Pendulum
written by Carl Rod Nave
This webpage, from Hyperphysics, describes a pendulum and provides a formula for its period. The page includes a calculator to obtain the period from the pendulum's length and the acceleration of gravity.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pend.html
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Waves and Pendula
- Oscillations
= Pendula
= Physical Pendula
= Simple Harmonic Motion
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- High School
- Informal Education
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Keywords: bob, equation of motion, oscillation, pendula, resonance, simple pendulum
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Record Updated: Apr 19, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
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C. Nave, (2005), WWW Document, (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pend.html).
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C. Nave, Hyperphysics: Simple Pendulum (2005), <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pend.html>.
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Nave, C. (2005). Hyperphysics: Simple Pendulum. Retrieved September 16, 2024, from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pend.html
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Nave, Carl Rod. Hyperphysics: Simple Pendulum. 2005. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pend.html (accessed 16 September 2024).
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Nave, Carl Rod. Hyperphysics: Simple Pendulum. 2005. 16 Sep. 2024 <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pend.html>.
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