Bifilar pendulum motion

joelKID984

Heyy guys,

I have and EEI to do on a bifilar pendulum. Essentially a bifilar pendulum is acheived by two parallel strings instead of one. I have already built the device but dont know how the motion should be. Shourd it be farwards adn backwars? or side to side? or rotate?

Thanks in advance:)

tiny-tim

heyy joelKID984! welcome to pf!

"bifilar" simply means "having two threads", so it could be used in any of those three ways

but i believe it's usually operated as a torsional pendulum …

for pictures, do a google image-search for "bifilar pendulum"

joelKID984

ok,

im doing an EEI on a bifilar pendulum and im on one of the lest sections of the report that quite important as it shows critical thinking. i have to discuss how the bifilar pendulum relates to the real world.

essentially a bifilar pndulum if a pendulum with two parallel filaments attached to a body instead of one. i know that a bifilar pendulum is used to measure moment of inertia, but how can it relate to the real world.

Thanks,
Joel

sankalpmittal

Other threads on bifilar pendulum here on PF : http://www.google.com/search?q=bifil...w=1024&bih=578

This site , I think beautifully explains your case : http://www.egglescliffe.org.uk/physi...filar/bif.html

Here is another site : http://www.me.utexas.edu/~me244L/lab...roverview.html

joelKID984

thanks guys :):) for hte help. but some guy keeps giving me warnings for no reason soo....