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Yes. It's possible, but you have to rig some means of replacing the energy that the pendulum
loses to friction and air resistance. The old pendulum-regulated grandfather's clock does that
by feeding a little bit of force back to the pendulum through the escapement. Others do it with
an electromagnet directly under the pendulum's equilibrium point, controlled so as to switch off
when the pendulum is near the center of its arc.
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What can make the pendulum swing faster?
By shorten the string of the pendulum
When a pendulum swings the size of the swing gradually reduces with time until the pendulum stops explain how this can be possible if energy is conserved?
Energy is conserved in an isolated system, meaning since energy cannot be created or destroyed, the amount of energy in the system is the same. The point is, what is the 'system' in a certain scenario. Even if the pendulum was in an isolated room, that doesn't mean the pendulum will swing forever, because energy is constsntly lost to the environment, due to the friction with the air. But while energy is lost from the pendulum, energy is gained by the surrounding air molecules (also isolated), and thus energy in the system is conserved. Eventually the pendulum's kinetic energy will be zero, having lost too much to be able to make it move.
How the motion of simple pendulum is affected if it is placed at the center of earth?
If the plumb point of a pendulum is the center of earth, the pendulum will make diametrical oscillations
Rosa's family has a grandfather clock with a pendulum The clock is not keeping time correctly because the pendulum is swinging too quickly What could Rosa do to slow down the pendulum swing?
To slow down a swinging clock pendulum, one must make it longer. In mechanical clocks, the majority of the mass of the pendulum is contained in the "bob" (a disk or weight) usually at the bottom of the pendulum. If you lower the pendulum bob, the pendulum is lengthened and the pendulum runs slower. This is usually done by turning a nut on a threaded portion of the pendulum just below the bob. Make sure the bob drops as you lower the nut or nothing will change. To raise the rate of the pendulum (make it run faster), you just turn the nut the opposite way.
How can you make a pendulum to swing faster?
If the pendulum was pushed with a large force or if it was heavier. It might swing faster.
How does gravity affect the pendulum to stop?
Gravity doesn't make a pendulum stop. Air resistance and friction in the pivot are the things that rob its energy. If you could eliminate those and leave it all up to gravity, the pendulum would never stop.
What can make the pendulum swing faster?
By shorten the string of the pendulum
When a pendulum swings the size of the swing gradually reduces with time until the pendulum stops explain how this can be possible if energy is conserved?
Energy is conserved in an isolated system, meaning since energy cannot be created or destroyed, the amount of energy in the system is the same. The point is, what is the 'system' in a certain scenario. Even if the pendulum was in an isolated room, that doesn't mean the pendulum will swing forever, because energy is constsntly lost to the environment, due to the friction with the air. But while energy is lost from the pendulum, energy is gained by the surrounding air molecules (also isolated), and thus energy in the system is conserved. Eventually the pendulum's kinetic energy will be zero, having lost too much to be able to make it move.
How do you do a science fair project on a baseball pendulum?
You make a pendulum with a basbeall attached to an end of the string. you are testing the periods and oscillation movements of the pendulum.
How the motion of simple pendulum is affected if it is placed at the center of earth?
If the plumb point of a pendulum is the center of earth, the pendulum will make diametrical oscillations
What can you make with a penny and string?
pendulum
Will a pendulum swing on the moon?
I think it will as it has mechanical parts to make the pendulum move, not 100% sure.
If you have urine infection can this stop period?
I've never heard it stops it but it might make it be late.
Rosa's family has a grandfather clock with a pendulum The clock is not keeping time correctly because the pendulum is swinging too quickly What could Rosa do to slow down the pendulum swing?
To slow down a swinging clock pendulum, one must make it longer. In mechanical clocks, the majority of the mass of the pendulum is contained in the "bob" (a disk or weight) usually at the bottom of the pendulum. If you lower the pendulum bob, the pendulum is lengthened and the pendulum runs slower. This is usually done by turning a nut on a threaded portion of the pendulum just below the bob. Make sure the bob drops as you lower the nut or nothing will change. To raise the rate of the pendulum (make it run faster), you just turn the nut the opposite way.
Relationship between period of pendulum and length?
The longer a pendulum is, the more time it takes a pendulum takes to complete a period of time. If a clock is regulated by a pendulum and it runs fast, you can make it run slower by making the pendulum longer. Likewise, if the clock runs slow, you can make your clock run faster by making the pendulum shorter. (What a pendulum actually does is measure the ratio between time and gravity at a particular location, but that is beyond the scope of this answer.)
How can you make a pendulum to swing faster?
If the pendulum was pushed with a large force or if it was heavier. It might swing faster.
What is frequency of a pendulum?
The frequency of a pendulum is 1 divided by (the number of seconds to make one complete swing)
