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Pohl's Pendulum: Damped and driven rotational oscillator



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Pohl's pendulum is a torsion pendulum with a rotating copper wheel connected to a torsion spring. The wheel can be slowed down with the help of an eddy current brake. Moreover, a sinusoidal mechanical drive can be applied.
The equipment can be used to study resonance.
Experiment 1: Damped oscillation. Experiment 2: Damped and driven oscillation. More…

      

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DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIMENT
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