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Grade 11General Physics

Please give me a large information about Coupled pendula. How it is related with gravitation and spring constant etc.

Profile image of Pavankumar . D
14 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer14 Years ago

The coupled pendulum is composed of 2 simple pendulums whose bobs are connected by a spring, as shown in the diagram below:

The Coupled Pendulum


 

It is possible to derive the equations of motion for this system without the use of Lagrangian's equations; but by using Hooke's Law, Newton's second law of motion and standard trigonometry. The equations we use to model the motion of the coupled pendulum are



The Coupled Pendulum Equations of Motion 
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Profile image of seethayya chukka
14 Years ago

thank you sir.