Pendulum Lab

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course PHY 241

12/18 1:30

PhET Pendulum LabIt seems to be an excellent model for simple harmonic pendulum motion. However, I do wish there was some way to damp the motion and have it

slow as an actual pendulum would. I suppose this would take some clever programming, though, and it is certainly a good way to look at and

understand this motion. I also found it interesting to watch the PE and KE switch in the lower right corner while the total stayed the same

and changed colors. Perhaps this part was more interesting on an ADHD type level, but interesting noetheless."

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It would be easy to introduce damping; just an additional line of programming. I wonder why they didn't think of doing so?

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