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Study of the Damped Pendulum

Physics Education 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Experiments on the oscillatory motion of a suspended bar magnet throws light on the damping effects acting on the pendulum. The viscous drag offered by air was found the be the main contributor for slowing the pendulum down. The nature and magnitude of the damping effects were shown to be strongly dependent on the amplitude.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0608071,
  title  = {Study of the Damped Pendulum},
  author = {Akhil Arora and Rahul Rawat and Sampreet Kaur and P. Arun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0608071},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

19 pages with 11 figures. Submitted to AJP