An Alternative Treatment of the Foucault Pendulum

2022/07/08 by W. Zimmermann, Zimmermann, W.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies #Physics Education (physics.ed-ph) #Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2207.04135

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Abstract

A treatment is given of the precession of a Foucault pendulum by means of two successive rotational transformations of coordinate system. The simplicity and accuracy of this approach is emphasized.

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