Level: High School
Creator: CT-STEM
Topic: Pendulums
A pendulum is a classic example of periodic motion, which is a motion that is repetitive, redundant, keeps repeating itself, keeps going back and forth…oh, I’ll stop now. A pendulum only works when there is gravity, and of course can be used as a clock. It is also an example of circular motion, which means there is a net centripetal force, mv2/R. Because we began studying circular motion and will be getting deeper into gravity, we will try to figure out the basic properties of a pendulum and see how we can combine gravity and circular motion together in a few different ways, whether it is a pendulum, an amusement park ride, or satellite motion. Keep the force diagram for a pendulum in mind (what does it look like?).
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