Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This video uses one of the simulations from PhET Interactive Simulation to explain conservation of energy for a pendulum. As the pendulum swings through one cycle there is a transfer of energy between kinetic and potential energy. But the because energy cannot be created or destroyed the total mechanical energy remains the same.
A pendulum is a mass suspended from a string that is attached to pivot point. There is no friction so that the pendulum can swing freely. When displaced from the equilibrium position and released the pendulum's mass causes it to oscillate about the equilibrium position, swinging back and forth. The time for the pendulum to complete one complete cycle is called the period. The frequency of the pendulum is the number of cycles the pendulum completes in one second.
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This video uses one of the simulations from PhET Interactive Simulation to explain conservation of energy for a pendulum. As the pendulum swings through one cycle there is a transfer of energy between kinetic and potential energy. But the because energy cannot be created or destroyed the total mechanical energy remains the same.
A pendulum is a mass suspended from a string that is attached to pivot point. There is no friction so that the pendulum can swing freely. When displaced from the equilibrium position and released the pendulum's mass causes it to oscillate about the equilibrium position, swinging back and forth. The time for the pendulum to complete one complete cycle is called the period. The frequency of the pendulum is the number of cycles the pendulum completes in one second.
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