Energy of a Pendulum

Energy of a Pendulum

Energy conservation and transformation in a pendulum. Drag the pendulum to set its initial height and observe how height is related to potential energy. Then release the pendulum and observe the change from potential energy to kinetic energy, and ultimately to thermal energy (an increase in the temperature of the ball and the air around the ball) as the pendulum eventually comes to a stop.

Topics

  • simulation
  • sim
  • pendulum
  • energy
  • conservation of energy
  • kinetic
  • thermal
  • potential
  • kinetic energy
  • thermal energy
  • potential energy
  • friction
  • height
  • total energy