Motion of a Pendulum

Authors

Jared Wynn, University of South Florida

Publication Year

2010

Abstract

The objective of this project is to derive and solve the equation of motion for a pendulum swinging at small angles in one dimension. The pendulum may be either a simple pendulum like a ball hanging from a string or a physical pendulum like a pendulum on a clock. For simplicity, we only considered small rotational angles so that the equation of motion becomes a harmonic oscillator.

Erratum

This article was previously called Article 21.

Recommended Citation

Wynn, Jared (2010) "Motion of a Pendulum," Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 9.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/2326-3652.3.1.21
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol3/iss1/21

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