Long pendulums in gravitational gradients
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2006
Abstract
Previous results for long pendulums above a spherical Earth are generalized for arbitrary non-uniform gravitational fields in the limit of small oscillation. As is the case for the previous results, gravitational gradients are multiplied by the length of the string even though the string is assumed massless. The effect is shown to arise from the constraint on the motion imposed by the string. The significance of these results for real gradients is discussed. © 2006 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Publication Title
European Journal of Physics
Recommended Citation
Suits, B.
(2006).
Long pendulums in gravitational gradients.
European Journal of Physics,
27(2).
http://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/27/2/L01
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