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 energy conversion in a pendulum
 E N E R G Y AT P O I N T b A N D  Pendulum swinging
C
When the bob moves from A to C and from A to B there is an increase
in height of bob from position A and since the bob is having the max
‘ h ’ a t p o s i t i o n s C a n d B a n d w e k n o w t h a t , m a x ‘ h ’ m e a n s m a x P. E
keeping ‘m’ and ‘g’ constant. K.E. is zero because at positions C and B
t h e b o b s t o p s f o r f e w s e c o n d s a n d t h u s t h e ‘ v ’ b e c o m e s z e r o ( P. E . = m
g h w h e r e m = m a s s , g = a c c e l e r a t i o n d u e t o g r a v i t y, h = h e i g h t a n d K . E .
= where ‘m’ is constant and ‘v’ is constant )
T h e r e f o r e , t o t a l e n e rg y ( T. E ) a t e x t r e m e p o s i t i o n s i s c o n s i d e r e d t o b e
T. E . = P. E . + K . E .
= m g h + 0
= m g h

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 ENERGY CONVERSION IN A PENDULUM
 PENDULUM
ENERGY CONVERSION AT POINT SWINGING
A
When the bob is at position A it has no ‘ h’ as during its
swing the bob went up from this position and gained ‘h’
c a u s i n g t h e P. E . t o m o m e n t a r i l y i n c r e a s e a n d b e c o m e m a x a t
p o s i t i o n s ‘ C ’ a n d ‘ B ’ . D u e t o ‘ h ’ b e i n g 0 s o t h e P. E . g e t s 0
a n d t h u s K . E . b e c o m e s m a x . T h e r e f o r e T. E . a t p o i n t a i s
T. E . = P. E + K . E .
= 0 + m g h
= m g h
S i n c e e n e rg y a t a l l t h r e e p o s i t i o n a r e s a m e t h a t i s ‘ m g h ’ s o
thus the pendulum follows the ‘Law of Conservation of
E n e rg y ’

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