Product Summary
Students explore the relationship between mass, radius of rotation, angular velocity, and centripetal force. By continuously measuring the force and angular velocity, students see not just peak values but also how these change during the entire motion of the pendulum. Students explore sources of error and magnitude of error.
Designed for use with any of the following
- 850 Universal Interface
- 550 Universal Interface
- Any PASPORT interface with 2 ports
Concepts
- Centripetal force
- Angular velocity
- Periodic motion
What's Included
Data Collection Software
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Interface Required
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Buying Guide
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Experiments
Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Centripetal Force on a Pendulum Experiment.
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College • High School / Physics
The purpose of this activity is to experimentally measure the centripetal force acting on a pendulum as a function of angular position. The experimentally measured value will be compared to the value predicted by measurements...
