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solarmidnightrose
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I've been going to the theme park almost every year-and this year in my Physics class we are learning mechanics, more specifically Simple Harmonic Motion.
My teacher told us that for an object to have 'Simple Harmonic Motion' it must have oscillatory motion (like a pendulum going back and forth).
Here is the link to a short video of the ride at the theme park I go to: (just skip the video to about the 1/2 way mark).
I was wondering if this follows SHM?
I'm a bit confused because the swinging part of the ride gets successively higher as the ride proceeds.
And I'm wondering if the rotating part of the ride affects the SHM? because in a 'normal pendulum demo', the bob doesn't rotate/spin as it oscillates.
Thank you for reading :)
My teacher told us that for an object to have 'Simple Harmonic Motion' it must have oscillatory motion (like a pendulum going back and forth).
Here is the link to a short video of the ride at the theme park I go to: (just skip the video to about the 1/2 way mark).
I was wondering if this follows SHM?
I'm a bit confused because the swinging part of the ride gets successively higher as the ride proceeds.
And I'm wondering if the rotating part of the ride affects the SHM? because in a 'normal pendulum demo', the bob doesn't rotate/spin as it oscillates.
Thank you for reading :)