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Table of Contents

  • 1. Mechanics
  • 2. Harmonic Motion, Waves and Sound
    • A. Simple Harmonic Motion
      • 10. Current Coupled Coils
      • 20. Driven Mass on a Spring
      • 30. Driven Torsion Pendulum
      • 40. Driven Tuning Fork
      • 50. Laser Sine Wave from Tuning Fork
      • 60. Mystery Pendulum Explanation
      • 70. Parametric Oscillation
      • 80. Pendulum Waves
      • 90. Resonance
      • 100. Simple Harmonic Motion
      • 110. Two Balls Hanging
    • B. Waves
    • C. Acoustics
  • 3. Matter and Thermodynamics
  • 4. Electricity and Magnetism
  • 5. Light and Optics
  • 6. Modern Physics
  • 7. Astronomy
  • 8. Software and Multimedia
  • 9. Index and code conversion from older manual
  • External Resources

30. Driven Torsion Pendulum

With this nice piece of apparatus you can vary the driving frequency and amplitude, and the damping (electromagnetic). Essentially the same concepts as above can be illustrated, minus the electronic readouts.

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