Pendulum Period Calculator
Simple Pendulum Period: - seconds
Frequency: - Hz
Angular Frequency: - rad/s
Understanding Pendulum Motion
What is a Pendulum?
A pendulum is a weight suspended from a fixed point that swings back and forth under the influence of gravity.
Period (T) = 2π√(L/g)
Frequency (f) = 1/T
Angular Frequency (ω) = 2πf
where:
- L = length of pendulum
- g = acceleration due to gravity
- π = 3.14159...
Advanced Pendulum Concepts
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Small Angle Approximation
- Damped Oscillations
- Forced Oscillations
- Phase Space Dynamics
- Chaos Theory Applications
- Double Pendulum Systems
- Energy Conservation
- Resonance Phenomena
- Non-linear Effects
Applications and Analysis
Timekeeping
Historical chronometers
Seismology
Earth motion detection
Engineering
Structural dynamics
Physics Education
Demonstration tool
Quantum Mechanics
Wave function analogy
Music
Metronome principle