Forces acting on a pendulum

Related BrainMass Solutions

• Simple Harmonic Motion: Coupled spring and pendulum system

  A mass M1 on a frictionless plane is connected to a support O by a spring of stiffness k. Mass M2 is supported by a string of length l from M1. a. What are the forces acting on M1 and M2? b.

• Dynamics : Pendulum

  Net force acting on the bob towards pin A = (T - mgcosθ). This force provides the required centripetal force.

• Coriolis and Centrifugal forces - explanation

  Its effects can be seen on objects falling on Earth despite it being a very small effect, equivalent to around 8mm sideways over a 50m drop. The Foucault pendulum is another way of observing the effects of the Coriolis force.

• Pendulum tension calculation in horizontal string

  56796 Pendulum tension calculation in horizontal string A simple pendulum consists of a bob of mass 1.8 kg attached to a string of length 2.3 m.

• Simple Harmonic Motion: Pendulum in a circulating car.

  The frequency of small oscillation of a simple pendulum is given by Now of the pendulum is suspended in a car moving with velocity v on a circular path of radius R then in the reference frame fixed with the car the bob will experience an additional

• Physics: terminal velocity of a sphere; stress in the bones of the arm during the swing

  acting on the ball i) weight of the ball acting vertically downwards, ii) centrifugal force acting vertically down wards.

• Simple Harmonic Motion: Simple Pendulum.

  The torque acting on the pendulum about an axis passing through the point of suspension due to the weight of its ball only and is given by Torque = force*arm length Or Negative sign is due to the direction opposite to the angle .

• Angular speed of race car, tangential speed, loop-the-loop

  Fig. shows the forces acting on the block at the highest point.

• Physical Pendulum: Rotational Simple Harmonic Motion.

  151553 Physical Pendulum: Rotational Simple Harmonic Motion. Question: A straight uniform stick having a length b (m) and a mass M (kg) is freely pivoted at one end.

• Mechanics: Force and Acceleration

  The force F here is the resultant of all the forces, acting on the body and a is in the direction of the force.