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Stringless Pendulum
Purpose
To demonstrate an example of SHM.
Equipment
Stringless pendulum with pool ball.
Suggestions
The ball rolls back and forth in the trough, executing SHM.◙
Images
Description
The ball rolls back and forth in the trough, executing SHM.◙
References
Daniel T. Gillespie, Simple Harmonic Motion Of a Round Body Rolling on a Concave Curve, AJP 52, 180-182, (1984).
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See pagesg1. simple harmonic motion
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See pagesg2. resonance & coupled oscillations
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See pagesg3. mechanical waves one dimensional
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See pagesg4. mechanical waves two dimensional
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See pagesg1. simple harmonic motion
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See pagesg2. resonance & coupled oscillations
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See pagesg3. mechanical waves one dimensional
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See pagesg4. mechanical waves two dimensional
Physics Lab Demos