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alex steve
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I am working on Computational physics homework and it asks to find the kinetic and potential energy of a simple pendulum. My only issue is that i don't know how to solve it without mass.
It gives me :
theta (pendulum angle)
omega (pendulum angular Velocity)
t (time)
length (length of string)
dt (time step)
I was looking at the kinetic energy equation and maybe I need to use Inertia for where KE = (1/2) (inertia)(omega) ? but then how would i find inertia?
Any help would be appreciated.
It gives me :
theta (pendulum angle)
omega (pendulum angular Velocity)
t (time)
length (length of string)
dt (time step)
I was looking at the kinetic energy equation and maybe I need to use Inertia for where KE = (1/2) (inertia)(omega) ? but then how would i find inertia?
Any help would be appreciated.