Rotational Simple Harmonic Oscillation: Pivot for minimum
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A disk of radius R is suspended from a pivot somewhere between its center and edge. For what pivot point will the period of this physical pendulum be a minimum?
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The pivot point for the disk for minimum time period is derived.
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1. A disk of radius R is suspended from a pivot somewhere between its center and edge. Fow what pivot point will the period of this physical pendulum be a minimum?
Let the mass of the disk is m. and the pivot point is at a distance x from its center. If the disk ...
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