Demonstrations

Physical Pendula

Code Number :	3A15.20
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Condition :	Excellent
Principle :	Potential to Kinetic Energy, Simple Harmonic Motion
Area of Study :	Acoustics
Equipment :	Rigid Pendula
Procedure :	The rigid Pendula are used to show the characteristic differences of a pendulum that has the weight distributed through the length of the pendulum.

References

Yaakov Kraftmakher, "Computerized Physical Pendulum for Classroom Demonstrations", TPT, Vol. 43, # 4, Apr. 2005, p. 244 - 245.

Francis X. Hart, "Solvering" the Physical Pendulum ", TPT, Vol. 42, # 3, March 2004, p. 150.

Paul Gluck, "Versatile Physical Pendulum", TPT, Vol. 42, # 4, April 2004, p. 226.

Bruce Denardo, "Demonstration of the Parallel-Axis Theorum," TPT, Vol. 36, # 1, p. 56- 57, Jan. 1998.

John Sherfinski, "A Counterintuitive Physical Pendulum Lab", TPT, Vol. 35, # 4, Apr. 1997, p. 252.

C. Gregory Hood, "Note on a Physical Pendulum Experiment," TPT, Vol. 34, # 6, p. 327, Sept. 1996.

Charles J. Reidl, Jr., "Moment of Inertia of a Physical Pendulum," TPT, Vol. 34, # 2, p. 114-115, Feb. 1996.

R.W. Robinett and P.E. Sokol, "Investigating Physical Pendula with K'Nex," TPT, Vol. 34, # 7, p. 427- 429, Oct. 1996.

John E. Carlson, "The Pendulum Clock", TPT, Vol. 29, # 1, Jan. 1991, p. 8.

Bruce Denardo and Richard Masada, "A Not-So-Obvious Pendulum Experiment," TPT, Vol. 28, # 1, p. 51, January 1990.

Rick Guglielmino, Tom Boyce, "The Search for a Harmonic Minimum", TPT, Vol. 27, # 5, May 1989, p. 361.

John F. Goehl, Jr., "No Calculus Needed", TPT, Vol. 27, # 7, Oct. 1989, p. 502.

George Oleh Kolodiy, "An Experiment with a Physical Pendulum", TPT, Vol. 17, # 1, Jan. 1979, p. 52.

Julius Sumner Miller, "Another Enchanting Thought", TPT, Vol. 17, # 3, Mar. 1979, p. 152.

Mario Iona, "The Physical Pendulum", TPT, Vol. 17, # 4, Apr. 1979, p. 224.

L. C. Corrado, "The Meter Stick Pendulum", TPT, Vol. 12, # 8, Nov. 1974, p. 494.

George W. Horton, "Some Laboratory Work With Physical Pendulums", TPT, Vol. 4, # 2, Feb. 1966, p. 78.

John C. Simbach, Joseph Priest, "Another Look at a Damped Physical Pendulum", AJP, Vol. 73, # 11, Nov. 2005, p. 1079.

Rod Cross, "A Double Pendulum Swing Experiment: In Search of a Better Bat", AJP, Vol. 73, # 4, April 2005, p. 330.

H. Brody, "The Sweet Spot of a Baseball Bat," AJP, 54,(7), July 1986.

M- 694: "Sweet Spot on Bat," DICK and RAE Demo Notebook.

M-904: "Pendula - Torsion & Physical," DICK and RAE Demo Notebook.

Robert L. Wild, "Several Pendulums", Low-Cost Physics Demonstrations, # 42, p. 28.

George W. Horton, "Some Laboratory Work with Physical Pendulums," Apparatus for Teaching Physics.

Robert Ehrlich, "Period of a Physical Pendulum," Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down, p. 123-124.

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