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Is this Simple Harmonic Motion?
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[QUOTE="Orodruin, post: 6170223, member: 510075"] No, this is not simple harmonic motion and there are many reasons for it. [LIST=1] [*]As you have noticed, energy is clearly being put into the motion as the amplitude increases. [*]A pendulum is generally [I][B]not[/B][/I] undergoing SHM. If your teacher claims this he is wrong. For SHM it is not sufficient for the motion to be periodic and the motion of a pendulum is only well approximated by SHM if the amplitude is very small. This is clearly not the case here. [*]Regarding the rotation, it is a bit unclear which part of the ride you are asking about the SHM for. It is clearly not the case that the people on the ride are in SHM. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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