Infinite Pendulum

Find the Time period of oscillation ( in sec ) of an infinite pendulum, which is hovering just above the surface of the Earth.

Note: An Infinite Pendulum is a obviously infinitely long. The Hinge of the Pendulum is at infinite distance from the surface of the Earth.
Also, note that the all the mass of the pendulum is concentrated at the bottom of the pendulum, where the bob is situated (in other words, the mass is not uniformly distributed...Its more like a stone tied at the end of a massless string)

Details and Assumptions:
\bullet Assume that the oscillations are very small.
\bullet g s u r f a c e = 9.8 m / s 2 \displaystyle g_{surface} = 9.8m/s^2
\bullet R E a r t h = 6400 K m \displaystyle R_{Earth} = 6400Km


The answer is 5077.58.

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2 solutions

Arijit Banerjee
Mar 20, 2014

for a pendulum having infinite length we have Time period = 2 * pi root(1/g(1/L + 1/R) where L tends to infinite so then it becomes T = 2 * pi root (R/g) = 5077.58 secs.

IT IS 84.6min i was typing the ans in min hence getting wrong bad luck........

Saurav Sharma - 7 years, 1 month ago
Andre Yudhistika
Feb 26, 2014

just use T=2phi*(l/g)^1/2

What is l 'l' here for you? Infinity?

Vijay Raghavan - 7 years, 3 months ago

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6400E3

andre yudhistika - 7 years, 3 months ago

Putting infinity as the value of 'l', there shouldn't be any answers other than infinity.

Muhtashim Rafiq Chowdhury - 7 years, 3 months ago

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for guys thinking l = infinite i have recently solved some books on oscillations and it is mentioned infinite length means we have to take it equal to radius of earth

Ak Sharma - 7 years, 3 months ago

for guys thinking l = infinite i have recently solved some books on oscillations and it is mentioned infinite length means we have to take it equal to radius of earth

Ak Sharma - 7 years, 3 months ago

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF l to be taken,and how have you used the formula,??? Please explain

Anirban Ghosh - 7 years, 3 months ago

Plz Mr. AK Sharma, can u plx mention the name of the book where such a thing is written that infinite length means taking the radius of earth

Amartya Anshuman - 7 years, 3 months ago

how so????

Sayam Chakravarty - 7 years, 2 months ago

wrong

Arijit Banerjee - 7 years, 2 months ago

i mean wrong approach

Arijit Banerjee - 7 years, 2 months ago

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