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What do you mean by torsional pendulum?
noun Horology. a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
What is the torsional pendulum What are the torsional oscillation?
What is Torsional Oscillation? A body suspended by a thread or wire which twists first in one direction and then in the reverse direction, in the horizontal plane is called a torsional pendulum. The first torsion pendulum was developed by Robert Leslie in 1793.
What are the application of torsional pendulum?
Torsion pendulums are often used for time-keeping purposes. For instance, the balance wheel in a mechanical wristwatch is a torsion pendulum in which the restoring torque is provided by a coiled spring.
What is torsion science?
Definition of torsion 1 : the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of forces tending to turn one end or part about a longitudinal axis while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction also : the state of being twisted.
What is the difference between simple pendulum and torsional pendulum?
In a simple pendulum, the oscillating mass has dimensions much smaller than the distance between the axis of suspension and the centre of gravity. A torsional pendulum is an oscillator for which the restoring force is torsion.
How does a torsion pendulum clock work?
The torsion pendulum rotates about the vertical axis of the wire, twisting it, instead of swinging like an ordinary pendulum. The force of the twisting torsion spring reverses the direction of rotation, so the torsion pendulum oscillates slowly, clockwise and counterclockwise.
What is torsion used for?
A torsion spring is commonly used in clothes pins, clipboards, swing-down tailgates and garage doors. Other application types include hinges, counterbalances and lever returns. Sizes range from miniature, used in electronic devices, to large torsion springs used in chair control units.
What is an example of torsion?
Twisting a simple piece of blackboard chalk between ones fingers until it snaps is an example of a torsional force in action. A common example of torsion in engineering is when a transmission drive shaft (such as in an automobile) receives a turning force from its power source (the engine).
What is torsion force in physics?
A torsion force is a load that is a applied to a material through torque. The torque that is applied creates a shear stress. If a torsion force is large enough, it can cause a material to undergo a twisting motion during elastic and plastic deformation.
What is a simple pendulum in physics?
A pendulum is a weight hung from a stationary point in a way that allows it to swing freely back and forth. A simple pendulum is one where the pendulum bob is treated as a point mass, and the string from which it hangs is of negligible mass.
What is the pendulum experiment?
The Pendulum Experiment is an experiment about gravity. Pendulums (or pendula if we are being exact!) are a fascinating scientific phenomenon.
What is a shoulder pendulum?
Pendulum circles and isometric shoulder rotations are types of exercise used early in physical therapy to treat shoulder injuries. These no-impact exercises help restore the range of motion in the muscles and joint that make up the rotator cuff.