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  2. Pendulum (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    A pendulum is a body suspended from a fixed support such that it freely swings back and forth under the influence of gravity. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back towards the equilibrium position.

  3. Pendulum - Wikipedia

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    "Simple gravity pendulum" model assumes no friction or air resistance. A pendulum is a device made of a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. [1] When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward the equilibrium position.

  4. Elastic pendulum - Wikipedia

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    In physics and mathematics, in the area of dynamical systems, an elastic pendulum [1] [2] (also called spring pendulum [3] [4] or swinging spring) is a physical system where a piece of mass is connected to a spring so that the resulting motion contains elements of both a simple pendulum and a one-dimensional spring-mass system. [2]

  5. Spherical pendulum - Wikipedia

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    The azimuth , being absent from the Lagrangian, is a cyclic coordinate, which implies that its conjugate momentum is a constant of motion. The conical pendulum refers to the special solutions where θ ˙ = 0 {\displaystyle {\dot {\theta }}=0} and ϕ ˙ {\displaystyle {\dot {\phi }}} is a constant not depending on time.

  6. Foucault pendulum - Wikipedia

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    The motion of a pendulum, such as the Foucault pendulum, is typically analyzed relative to an Inertial frame of reference, approximated by the "fixed stars." [ 20 ] These stars, owing to their immense distance from Earth, exhibit negligible motion relative to one another over short timescales, making them a practical benchmark for physical ...

  7. Double pendulum - Wikipedia

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    A double pendulum consists of two pendulums attached end to end.. In physics and mathematics, in the area of dynamical systems, a double pendulum, also known as a chaotic pendulum, is a pendulum with another pendulum attached to its end, forming a simple physical system that exhibits rich dynamic behavior with a strong sensitivity to initial conditions. [1]

  8. Center of percussion - Wikipedia

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    Length + also defines the center of oscillation of a physical pendulum, that is, the position of the mass of a simple pendulum that has the same period as the physical pendulum. [ 1 ] Center of percussion of a uniform beam

  9. Conical pendulum - Wikipedia

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    Monumental conical pendulum clock by Farcot, 1878. A conical pendulum consists of a weight (or bob) fixed on the end of a string or rod suspended from a pivot.Its construction is similar to an ordinary pendulum; however, instead of swinging back and forth along a circular arc, the bob of a conical pendulum moves at a constant speed in a circle or ellipse with the string (or rod) tracing out a ...