A pendulum is a mass suspended from a pivot point that is free to swing back and forth. Because the motion is oscillatory (a fancy way to say back and forth) and periodic (repeating with a characteristic …

A simple pendulum is a mass, suspended from a point, that is free to swing under the force of gravity. It's motion is periodic and the math is almost simple.

A simple pendulum is a mass, suspended from a point, that is free to swing under the force of gravity. It's motion is periodic and the math is almost simple.

Although the idea of using a pendulum to measure horizontal accelerations is a simple one, there really was no need to make one until people regularly started to move at speeds faster than a fast horse.

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A 0.020 kg bullet is fired from a gun towards a ballistic pendulum (a large mass supported by cables). The impact speed of the bullet is 400 m/s and the mass of the pendulum is 20.0 kg.

Understanding the motion of such a pendulum at Earth's North Pole is simple and intuitive: the plane of oscillation remains fixed relative to the distant stars while Earth rotates underneath it at a rate of 360° …

The Physics Teacher has published several articles containing free body diagram worksheets. They are available free to members of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).

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The period of a simple pendulum does not depend on its mass. Simple pendulums that are identical in all respects except for the weight of the mass on the end will swing back and forth in an identical …