Simple Pendulum

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Simple Pendulum: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Simple Pendulum, Angular Frequency of Simple Pendulum, Gravity Effect on Time Period of Simple Pendulum & Time Period of Pendulum in Accelerated Frames etc.

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The length of a seconds-pendulum on the surface of earth is 1 m. Its length on the surface of the moon would be           

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A simple pendulum, suspended from the ceiling of a lift, has a period of oscillation T, when the lift is at rest. If the lift starts moring upwards with an acceleration a=3g, then the new period will be

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What is the number of degrees of freedom for an oscillating simple pendulum?

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A simple pendulum is executing simple harmonic motion with a time period T. If the length of the pendulum is increased by 21%, the increase in the time period of the pendulum of increased length is 

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In an experiment to determine the gravitational acceleration g of a place with the help of a simple pendulum, the measured time period squared is plotted against the string length of the pendulum in the figure. What is the value of g at the place?

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What is the time period of a second pendulum?
(Write the numerical value in terms of SI unit of time).

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As shown in the above figure, a cart is accelerating in the horizontal direction with a constant acceleration of 3g and a 50 cm long simple pendulum is suspended from its roof. Now, find the time period of small oscillations of this pendulum in second about its equilibrium position taking g=π2 m s-2:

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Time period of a simple pendulum is T. The time taken to complete 58 oscillations starting from mean position is αBT. The value of α is _______ .

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Two pendulums begin to swing simultaneously. The first pendulum makes nine full oscillations when the other makes seven. The ratio of the lengths of the two pendulums is

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A person measures a time period of a simple pendulum inside a stationary lift and finds it to be T. If the lift starts accelerating upwards with an acceleration g3, the time period of the pendulum will be

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A vertical spring mass system has the same time period as simple pendulum undergoing small oscillations. Now, both of them are put in an elevator going downwards with an acceleration 5 m s-2. The ratio of time period of the spring mass system to the time period of the pendulum is (assume that acceleration due to gravity, g=10 m s-2),

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A simple pendulum is placed inside a lift which is moving with a uniform acceleration. If the time periods of the pendulum while the lift is moving upwards and downwards are in the ratio 1:2, then the acceleration of the lift is (acceleration due to gravity, g=10 m s-2),

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A cabin is falling freely under gravity, what is the time period of a pendulum attached to its ceiling?

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The time period of a simple pendulum inside a stationary lift is 5 s. What will be the time period when the lift moves upwards with an acceleration g4?

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The length of a pendulum is decreased by 10. What will be the change in its frequency?

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If the length of a simple pendulum is increased by 25%, then what is the change in its time period?

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The time period of a simple pendulum depends on the 

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If the inertial mass and gravitational mass of the simple pendulum of length l are not equal, then the time period of the simple pendulum is

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In case of a simple pendulum, time period versus length is depicted by

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A simple pendulum with a bob of mass 40 g and charge +2 μC makes 20 oscillations in 44 seconds. A vertical electric field of magnitude 4.2×104 NC-1 pointing downward is applied. The time taken by the pendulum to make 15 oscillations in the electric field is (Acceleration due to gravity =10 ms-2)