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Review: Block + Spring Review: Circular Motion Simple Pendulum: Equation of Motion

This document discusses the simple pendulum and conservation of energy. It reviews the equation of motion for a simple pendulum and shows how the pendulum's kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy relate to its total mechanical energy. The document also explains that for a simple pendulum with no losses, the total energy is conserved as the pendulum swings, allowing relationships to be derived between the maximum height, speed, restoring force, and gravitational potential energy of the swinging pendulum. It concludes by providing sample problems involving finding angular frequency, phase constant, maximum speed and restoring force using the conservation of energy for a simple pendulum.

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Review: Block + Spring Review: Circular Motion Simple Pendulum: Equation of Motion

This document discusses the simple pendulum and conservation of energy. It reviews the equation of motion for a simple pendulum and shows how the pendulum's kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy relate to its total mechanical energy. The document also explains that for a simple pendulum with no losses, the total energy is conserved as the pendulum swings, allowing relationships to be derived between the maximum height, speed, restoring force, and gravitational potential energy of the swinging pendulum. It concludes by providing sample problems involving finding angular frequency, phase constant, maximum speed and restoring force using the conservation of energy for a simple pendulum.

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Lecture 7

Review: Block + Spring

Review: Circular Motion

Simple pendulum: Equation of motion

Simple pendulum: Conservation of energy

PHYS220 by Dr. Salam Sakr, Spring 19-20 1


12 – Simple pendulum: energy

Gravitational Mechanical
Kinetic energy potential energy energy

  𝑬=𝑲 +𝑼
𝜃  𝜃 
𝐿
  𝐿  cos 𝜃

𝒉=?
  𝒉 
𝒗⃗ 
  𝟏 𝟐
𝑲= 𝒎𝒗  
𝟐
PHYS220 by Dr. Salam Sakr, Spring 19-20 2
13 – Simple pendulum: Energy conservation

No air resistance No energy loss Energy conservation

𝜃 
𝐾 =0  𝑬 =𝒎𝒈 𝒉
 
𝐸1= 𝐸2=𝐸 3  
𝜃  𝑚𝑎𝑥 1 {
 
𝑈 𝑔 =𝑈 𝑔 , 𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝟏 𝒎𝒂𝒙

2   1 2
  𝐾 ≠0   𝟏 𝐸1= 𝐸3 → 𝑚𝑔 h𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑚 𝑣 𝑚𝑎𝑥
3 {𝑈 𝑔 ≠ 0 𝑬 𝟐= 𝟐
𝟐
𝒎 𝒗 +𝒎𝒈𝒉 2

  𝐾 = 𝐾 𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑣 𝑚𝑎𝑥 = √ 2 𝑔 h𝑚𝑎𝑥


{ 𝑈 𝑔=0   𝟏 𝟐
𝑬𝟑 = 𝒎 𝒗 𝒎𝒂𝒙
 

PHYS220 by Dr. Salam Sakr, Spring 19-20 3


14 – Simple pendulum: Exercise

 (a) Find the angular frequency, .


(b) If then use the initial conditions to find the phase constant .
(c) Write an expression for the angular velocity. Deduce its maximum value.
(d) Determine the maximum restoring force.
(e) Use the conservation of energy to deduce the maximum speed of the bob.

Answers
 (a) .
(b) .
(c)
(d)
(e) . (Another method using )

PHYS220 by Dr. Salam Sakr, Spring 19-20 4

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