aam11 Messages 1 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Apr 23, 2008 #1 How do you calculate the period of a physical pendulum? Last edited: Apr 23, 2008
physixguru Messages 335 Reaction score 0 Apr 23, 2008 #2 Hint: Calculate moment of inertia.The mass is known.'g' is of course known. where I is the moment of inertia; in this case I = mr^2/2. When θ is small, and therefore the expression becomes Last edited by a moderator: Apr 23, 2017
Hint: Calculate moment of inertia.The mass is known.'g' is of course known. where I is the moment of inertia; in this case I = mr^2/2. When θ is small, and therefore the expression becomes