Mathematical pendulum model (small angle, damped)

point mass swinging on a massless rod with friction, assuming small amplitudes

continuous-space model, continuous-time model, deterministic model, dimensional model, dynamic model, linear model, mathematical model

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Description

this model describes damped oscillations of an idealized pendulum with friction

Contained entities

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 equation (small angle, damped)	$\ddot{\varphi }+2\kappa \dot{\varphi }+\frac{g}{\ell }\varphi =0$
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
	$\ell$ represents length of pendulum
	$\kappa$ represents damping coefficient
mathematical pendulum solution (small angle, damped)	$\varphi (t)={\varphi }_0\exp (-\kappa t)\cos \left(\sqrt{\frac{g}{\ell }}t\right)$
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	${\varphi }_0$ represents pendular amplitude (initial value)
	$t$ represents time
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
	$\ell$ represents length of pendulum
	$\kappa$ represents damping coefficient

Computational tasks

determine frequency of a pendulum (small angle, damped)

Assumptions

small angle approximation, uniform gravitational acceleration, classical approximation, nonrelativistic approximation

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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mathematical pendulum model (small angle, damped, driven)	specialized by
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