A swinging pendulum is moving fastest at the lowest point of its arc. That is the point where all its potential energy has been converted into kinetic energy, and it is the only point in a pendulum's arc where that happens. See related link (a simulation).
A pendulum clock swings back and forth due to the force of gravity pulling the pendulum downward as it swings. The inertia of the swinging pendulum keeps it moving in a continuous motion, with the escapement mechanism regulating its timing to ensure accuracy.
Is law catalyst for starting the pendulum swinging? or is ethics? politics?
Obviously, it will stop after sometime , after swinging. It is because we cannot apply energy continuously to the swinging pendulum.
Examples of pendulum motion include a grandfather clock pendulum swinging back and forth, a playground swing moving back and forth, and a metronome ticking back and forth.
A pendulum has the most momentum at the lowest point of its swing, where it is moving fastest, due to the combined effect of its velocity and mass.
A clock pendulum swinging back and forth. A weight on a spring moving up and down.
Pendulum
Most pendulums are operated by a spring, when the spring looses its tention it can no longer keep the pendulum swinging. Others may work on a different system but the system in not perpetual and will loose its ability to keep the pendulum swinging. As a point of interest you canot use a pendulum in space.
Most pendulums are operated by a spring, when the spring looses its tention it can no longer keep the pendulum swinging. Others may work on a different system but the system in not perpetual and will loose its ability to keep the pendulum swinging. As a point of interest you canot use a pendulum in space.
The period or frequency of the pendulum
Yes, a pendulum will eventually stop swinging due to factors such as air resistance and friction, which gradually slow down its motion.
It is known as the Pendulum.