Smart-phone Sensor of Pendulum Motion
Randall D. Peters
TL;DR
This paper demonstrates how a smartphone's built-in accelerometer can be used to analyze the free decay motion of a simple pendulum, providing an accessible method for physics experiments.
Contribution
It introduces a novel approach of using smartphone sensors for pendulum motion analysis, combining accessible technology with classical physics experiments.
Findings
Successfully recorded pendulum decay using smartphone accelerometer
Validated accelerometer data against theoretical pendulum models
Showed feasibility of smartphone-based physics experiments
Abstract
Described is an experiment where the embedded accelerometer of a smart-phone was used to study the free decay of a `simple' pendulum to which the phone was attached.
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TopicsExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies