Mathematical pendulum model (small angle)

point mass swinging on a massless rod without friction, assuming small amplitudes

deterministic model, dimensional model, dynamic model, linear model, mathematical model

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Contained entities

mathematical pendulum equation (small angle)	$\ddot{\varphi }+\frac{g}{\ell }\varphi =0$	governing equation
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
	$\ell$ represents length of pendulum
mathematical pendulum (initial condition)	$\varphi (t=0)={\varphi }_0$	governing equation
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	$t$ represents time
	${\varphi }_0$ represents pendular amplitude (initial value)
mathematical pendulum solution (small angle)	$\varphi (t)={\varphi }_0\cos \left(\sqrt{\frac{g}{\ell }}t\right)$	analytical solution
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	${\varphi }_0$ represents pendular amplitude (initial value)
	$t$ represents time

Computational tasks

determine frequency of a pendulum (small angle), determine period of a pendulum (small angle), determine length of a pendulum (small angle)

Assumptions

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

Related URL

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q829360
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum_(mechanics)
https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/nawi.inst.230/Lehrveranstaltungen/WS_2013_14/Physik_I/FormelsammlungNAT_I.pdf

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