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Compound Pendulum

The document describes an experiment to determine the radius of gyration and acceleration due to gravity using a compound pendulum. A compound pendulum consists of a uniform metal bar that can be suspended at different points along its length using a sliding pivot. By measuring the time period of oscillations of the pendulum suspended at various points, the radius of gyration and gravitational acceleration can be calculated using the formula provided for the time period of a compound pendulum.

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Compound Pendulum

The document describes an experiment to determine the radius of gyration and acceleration due to gravity using a compound pendulum. A compound pendulum consists of a uniform metal bar that can be suspended at different points along its length using a sliding pivot. By measuring the time period of oscillations of the pendulum suspended at various points, the radius of gyration and gravitational acceleration can be calculated using the formula provided for the time period of a compound pendulum.

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Compound pendulum

Aim: To determine the radius of gyration and acceleration due to gravity.

Apparatus: Bar Pendulum, metal wedge, Spirit level, Stop watch, Scale.

THEORY:
The object which is mounted on a horizontal axis so as to oscillate under the
force of gravity is a
compound pendulum. The compound pendulum is shownbelow, and it consists of a
uniform metal bar of total mass m and length l, which may be suspended at various points
A along the bar with the aid of a sliding pivot situated at any distance h from the centre of
gravity or Center of Mass(C.M) of the pendulum.
(For this case, the centre of mass is at the middle of the rod).
In this experiment a uniform rod is suspended at different locations along its
length to determine the acceleration due to gravity and radius of gyration.

The time period T of a compound pendulum is given by

T =2
I
mg

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