Conical pendulum
A bob whirled in a horizontal circle on a string: tension, angle, radius and period as the speed changes.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Chapter | 4. Laws of Motion |
| NCERT section | 4.10 |
| 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: conical pendulum · circular motion · tension · centripetal
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