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  2. Pendulum (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    An important concept is the equivalent length, , the length of a simple pendulums that has the same angular frequency as the compound pendulum: =:= = Consider the following cases: The simple pendulum is the special case where all the mass is located at the bob swinging at a distance ℓ {\displaystyle \ell } from the pivot.

  3. Pendulum - Wikipedia

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    The presence of the acceleration of gravity g in the periodicity equation (1) for a pendulum means that the local gravitational acceleration of the Earth can be calculated from the period of a pendulum. A pendulum can therefore be used as a gravimeter to measure the local gravity, which varies by over 0.5% across the surface of the Earth. [107]

  4. Seconds pendulum - Wikipedia

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    A seconds pendulum is a pendulum whose period is precisely two seconds; one second for a swing in one direction and one second for the return swing, a frequency of 0.5 Hz. [ 1 ] Pendulum

  5. Harmonic oscillator - Wikipedia

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    The period and frequency are determined by the size of the mass m and the force constant k, while the amplitude and phase are determined by the starting position and velocity. The velocity and acceleration of a simple harmonic oscillator oscillate with the same frequency as the position, but with shifted phases. The velocity is maximal for zero ...

  6. Q factor - Wikipedia

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    A second-order Butterworth filter (i.e., continuous-time filter with the flattest passband frequency response) has an underdamped Q = ⁠ 1 / √ 2 ⁠. [11] A pendulum's Q-factor is: Q = Mω/Γ, where M is the mass of the bob, ω = 2π/T is the pendulum's radian frequency of oscillation, and Γ is the frictional damping force on the pendulum ...

  7. Rayleigh–Lorentz pendulum - Wikipedia

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    Rayleigh–Lorentz pendulum (or Lorentz pendulum) is a simple pendulum, but subjected to a slowly varying frequency due to an external action (frequency is varied by varying the pendulum length), named after Lord Rayleigh and Hendrik Lorentz. [1] This problem formed the basis for the concept of adiabatic invariants in mechanics. On account of ...

  8. Simple harmonic motion - Wikipedia

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    A pendulum making 25 complete oscillations in 60 s, a frequency of 0.41 6 Hertz In the small-angle approximation , the motion of a simple pendulum is approximated by simple harmonic motion. The period of a mass attached to a pendulum of length l with gravitational acceleration g {\displaystyle g} is given by T = 2 π l g {\displaystyle T=2\pi ...

  9. 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]