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Grade 12General Physics

suppose the amplitude of a simple pendulum having a bob of mass m.then find the tension in string at its mean position.

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14 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
14 Years ago

let 'α' radians be the amplitude. at mean position, kinetic energy=a(1-cos(alpha)),a is length of pendulum

tension in string at mean position=

mg+m(v^2)/a   m(v^2)/2=a(1-cos(α))