Part 4: Physical Pendulum Theoretical calculations Consider a thin uniform stick of mass M and length L. This stick is set on a pivot (black circle) a distance h from its center of mass as shown. If the stick is pulled back an angle 0 the torque on the stick due to gravity is T = -M ghsin0. The rotational version of Newton's 2nd Law, Er = Ia, then becomes: -Mghsin(0) = 1P0) dt2 (3) In the small angle approximation, Eg. 3 becomes - Mgh 0, which again dt2 has a solution 0(t) = 00cos(wt + ø) with w = Mgh 1. Noting that the parallel axis theorem gives us I = IcM+Mh² = and using the equations above, show that the period can be expressed as: ML²+Mh² Mg L² + h? T = 27 gh 2. Calculate the value for h which gives the minimum period, assuming L=lm (our meter stick). h =
Part 4: Physical Pendulum Theoretical calculations Consider a thin uniform stick of mass M and length L. This stick is set on a pivot (black circle) a distance h from its center of mass as shown. If the stick is pulled back an angle 0 the torque on the stick due to gravity is T = -M ghsin0. The rotational version of Newton's 2nd Law, Er = Ia, then becomes: -Mghsin(0) = 1P0) dt2 (3) In the small angle approximation, Eg. 3 becomes - Mgh 0, which again dt2 has a solution 0(t) = 00cos(wt + ø) with w = Mgh 1. Noting that the parallel axis theorem gives us I = IcM+Mh² = and using the equations above, show that the period can be expressed as: ML²+Mh² Mg L² + h? T = 27 gh 2. Calculate the value for h which gives the minimum period, assuming L=lm (our meter stick). h =
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Theoretical calculations
Consider a thin uniform stick of mass M and length L. This stick is set on a pivot
(black circle) a distance h from its center of mass as shown. If the stick is pulled back
an angle 0 the torque on the stick due to gravity is T = -Mghsin0. The rotational
version of Newton's 2nd Law, ET = Ia, then becomes:
d²(0)
-Mghsin(0) = I
dt2
(3)
In the small angle approximation, Eg. 3 becomes
dt2
d² (0)
Mgh 0, which again
Mgh
has a solution 0(t) = 0ocos(wt + ø) with w =
1. Noting that the parallel axis theorem gives us I
and using the equations above, show that the period can be expressed as:
=
ML2+ Mh?
Iсм + Mh?
Mg
L² + h²
12
T = 27
gh
2. Calculate the value for h which gives the minimum period, assuming L=1m (our
meter stick). h
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