Mathematical pendulum model

point mass swinging on a massless rod without friction, for arbitrary initial amplitudes

deterministic model, dimensional model, dynamic model, mathematical model, nonlinear model

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Contained entities

mathematical pendulum equation	$\ddot{\varphi }+\frac{g}{\ell }\sin \varphi =0$	governing equation
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
	$\ell$ represents length of pendulum
mathematical pendulum (initial condition)	$\varphi (t=0)={\varphi }_0$	initial condition
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	$t$ represents time
	${\varphi }_0$ represents pendular amplitude (initial value)
mathematical pendulum period	$T=4\sqrt{\frac{\ell }{2g}}{\int }_0^{{\varphi }_0}\frac{d\varphi }{\sqrt{\cos \varphi -\cos {\varphi }_0}}$	analytical solution
	$T$ represents vibration period (harmonic)
	$\ell$ represents length of pendulum
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	${\varphi }_0$ represents pendular amplitude (initial value)

Computational tasks

determine trajectory of a pendulum, determine period of a pendulum

Assumptions

vanishing drag coefficient, vanishing air density, uniform gravitational acceleration, classical approximation, nonrelativistic approximation

References

An accurate formula for the period of a simple pendulum oscillating beyond the small angle regime

Linearizations

mathematical pendulum model (small angle)

Specializations

mathematical pendulum model (small angle)

Related URL

https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/nawi.inst.230/Lehrveranstaltungen/WS_2013_14/Physik_I/FormelsammlungNAT_I.pdf

Further links

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molecular vibration	modelled by
pendulum	modelled by

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