Pendulum in an accelerating frame: effective gravity
Swing a pendulum in a lift, a braking car or free fall; T = 2 pi sqrt(l/g_eff) with g_eff the vector sum of g and -a.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Chapter | 13. Oscillations |
| NCERT section | 13.6 |
| Level | NEET level |
| Time | about 12 minutes |
| Access | Included in a PractiSci plan |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: effective gravity · pseudo force · lift · pendulum
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