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A question on Pendulum experiment
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I've just discovered this app - this is the most awesome!  

I have a question regarding pendulum (or spring) experiment.  I'm a bit confused about the meaning of the 'resonance' graph.  Here's my screenshot when the phone was allowed to swing on a pendulum oscillating left-right, with a screen of the phone facing the user.
[Image: Pendulum-2020-11-30-01-10-03.png]

how do I interpret that graph?  I sort of understand the data points at ~0.83Hz - the amplitude gets smaller, the period stays the same - but what are the other data points?  

Also, the results screen on that very experiment read that the period/frequency is 1.19s/0.84Hz (the same is shown on the Autocorrelation results screen).  Shouldn't it be expected that the values on period/frequency match those on the autocorrelation (and they do) and on the Resonance results?

Finally, in the case of a practical pendulum, where due to practical limitations both the amplitude and the period change over time - is the frequency provided in the results the average frequency over the experiment time? If not - what is the logic used to give that frequency value?

thank you for creating such a useful application!
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A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 11-30-2020, 08:39 AM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 11-30-2020, 07:27 PM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 11-30-2020, 07:50 PM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by solid - 12-01-2020, 10:13 AM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by solid - 12-01-2020, 10:18 PM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 12-01-2020, 11:27 PM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 12-02-2020, 12:41 PM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by solid - 12-02-2020, 04:40 AM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 12-02-2020, 04:49 AM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 12-24-2020, 12:33 AM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by solid - 12-24-2020, 03:56 AM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 12-26-2020, 03:48 AM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 01-04-2021, 07:36 PM
RE: A question on Pendulum experiment - by jmnk - 01-07-2021, 08:05 PM

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