Effect of the spherical Earth on a simple pendulum

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/24/2/353MaRDI QIDQ4483781zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lior M. Burko

Publication date 2003

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0301033

zbMATH Keywords

period of oscillations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free motions for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K25)

Abstract: We consider the period of a simple pendulum in the gravitational field of the spherical Earth. Effectively, gravity is enhanced compared with the often used flat Earth approximation, such that the period of the pendulum is shortened. We discuss the flat Earth approximation, and show when the corrections due to the spherical Earth may be of interest.

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