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Coupled Resonant Pendulums
Every pendulum has a natural or resonant frequency, which is the number of times the pendulum swings back and forth per second. The resonant frequency depends on the pendulum's length. Longer ...
About Foucault Pendulums
Find out everything from how Foucault invented the pendulum to why they prove the earth rotates. Very well presented.
The simple pendulum
Excellent animations proving assorted points about the simple harmonic motion approximation for pendulums.
Hunkin's Experiment - Pendulums
Two experiments to involving pendulums.
How Pendulum Clocks Work
A brief description of how Pendulum Clocks work. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. Nice experiment to show how to make and improve pendulum clocks.
Amusement Park Physics - Pendulum
Discussion of pendulum fairground rides that act a lot like swings.
Pendulum
The site gives a displacement of a simple pendulum and the effect it have on motion when displace.
Pendulum Physlet
This applet shows the response of a driven pendulum.
Pendulum Power
A worksheet for younger pupils. Objective: The period of a pendulum depends on the length of the string, not the mass of the bob.
Pendulum Java Applet
The animation is of a simple pendulum. It's length, the acceleration due to gravity and the starting point of the oscillation can be changed.



