Oscillations with fluid and pendulum

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Homework Statement
A pendulum is constructed as a light thin-walled sphere of
radius R filled up with water and suspended at the point 0 from a
light rigid rod (Fig. 4.1.1). The distance between the point 0 and the
centre of the sphere is equal to 1. How many times will the small
oscillations of such a pendulum change after the water freezes? The
viscosity of water and the change of its volume on freezing are to
be neglected
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Printed textbook problem 4.43 about a pendulum made of a thin-walled sphere of radius R filled with water, suspended from a rigid rod, with distance l from the pivot to the sphere centre.


That's a good question, i am not sure how the water in liquid state will influence in the motion, but i imagine that can not exert any torque, i would say in the first case:

Hollow sphere inertia moment: 2mr²/3 + ml²
(2mr²/3 + ml²)θ'' = -mglθ (1)

In the second case, otherwise, we will have
2(m+m')r²/5 + (m+m')l² = -(m+m')glθ

Anyway, i am certain that have some error in (1), something say to me that the water can indeed exert a torque although it doesn't contribute to inertia moment, but, as i don't know the mechanics of a fluid, i am not sure.
 
LCSphysicist said:
Hollow sphere inertia
The shell is light and can be ignored.
The water does not exert a torque about its centre, but it still exerts a torque about the point of suspension. What does the parallel axis theorem give for its MoI about that point?
 
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