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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?
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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.
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When a pendulum wings if it is not constantly pushed it will eventually stop because some of its energy is changed into?
A swinging pendulum will eventually stop because of friction with the air.
Why does the bob of a swinging pendulum comes to rest after sometime?
Because of energy loss via friction.
Why does a pendulum swing back and forth instead of just swinging down and stopping?
because it has to keep moving until it can't move no more
If a pendulum is made to swing in water compare the time taken for this pendulum to come to a complete stop with the time taken by a pendulum swinging in air?
A swinging pendulum encounters "friction" called drag in air. It will do so in water, too. It's just that the viscosity of the air is so much less than that of water, so the pendulum moves with a ton more drag in water. It will move much more slowly in water, and will come to a stop dramatically sooner than an identical pendulum swung in air.
When a pendulum swings and is not continuously pushed it will stop because some of its energy was changed into what?
The energy of the swinging is converted into heat energy by friction.
What would happen if you let a pendulum go on swinging?
Obviously, it will stop after sometime , after swinging. It is because we cannot apply energy continuously to the swinging pendulum.
When a pendulum wings if it is not constantly pushed it will eventually stop because some of its energy is changed into?
A swinging pendulum will eventually stop because of friction with the air.
Why does the bob of a swinging pendulum comes to rest after sometime?
Because of energy loss via friction.
Why do pendulums stop swinging?
A pendulum does not keep swinging because the kinetic energy that it has as it swings is detracted from somewhat by the air. This may be easier to see with a comparison to friction. Air resistance acts on a pendulum swinging through air just as friction acts on an object sliding across a surface, causing it to come to a halt.
Why does a pendulum swing back and forth instead of just swinging down and stopping?
because it has to keep moving until it can't move no more
What prompted Galileo thinking about pendulums?
i think its because he is ugly lol
Why do all pendulums swing at the same speed?
Most pendulums are operated by a spring, when the spring looses its tention it can no longer keep the pendulum swinging. Others may work on a different system but the system in not perpetual and will loose its ability to keep the pendulum swinging. As a point of interest you canot use a pendulum in space.
If a pendulum is made to swing in water compare the time taken for this pendulum to come to a complete stop with the time taken by a pendulum swinging in air?
A swinging pendulum encounters "friction" called drag in air. It will do so in water, too. It's just that the viscosity of the air is so much less than that of water, so the pendulum moves with a ton more drag in water. It will move much more slowly in water, and will come to a stop dramatically sooner than an identical pendulum swung in air.
When a pendulum swings and is not continuously pushed it will stop because some of its energy was changed into what?
The energy of the swinging is converted into heat energy by friction.
A slow running pendulum clock can be sprreded up by?
A slow pendulum clock is sp[eeded up by decreasing the effective length of the pendulum. The weight on the pendulum is usually mounted such that it can be slid up and down the swinging arm. Sliding the weight up slightly decreases the effective length of the pendulum, and slightly increases the rate at which the clock runs. It should be done only in tiny adjustments, because the size of the change might not even be noticeable until a day or two later.
Swinging pendulum comes to rest is it violation of mechanical energy?
Conservation of mechanical energy is only an approximation of reality. There is friction caused by the resistance of air as the pendulum is swinging, gradually reducing its speed, therefore its kinetic energy. As a result, mechanical energy is not conserved. At school, however, in most physics problems, the question or your instructor will most likely tell you to disregard this friction, because its expression only complicates your calculations.
What factors will cause a pendulum to slow down and eventually stop?
pendulum's slow down during summers because the pendulum expands and it moves faster during winters because the pendulum contracts
