Pendulums

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Physical object
gptkbp:affects Gravity
Air resistance
gptkbp:component gptkb:Bob
String
Pivot point
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkbp:exhibits Simple harmonic motion (for small angles)
gptkbp:governedBy Laws of motion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pendulums
gptkbp:movement Periodic motion
gptkbp:oscillationPeriodDependsOn Gravity
Length
gptkbp:oscillationPeriodIndependentOf Mass (for small angles)
gptkbp:powerSource Kinetic energy
Potential energy
gptkbp:studiedBy 17th century
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Physics
gptkbp:symbol T (period)
g (acceleration due to gravity)
l (length)
gptkbp:type gptkb:castle
Simple pendulum
Compound pendulum
Torsion pendulum
gptkbp:usedFor Timekeeping
Measuring gravitational acceleration
Demonstrating harmonic motion
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Metronomes
Clocks
Seismometers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harmonograph
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7