## Abhishekguptapsychoman Group Title a pendulum is attached to roof of train , which is accelerating uniformly, then time period of pendulum will decrease or increase?? 7 months ago 7 months ago

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1. Shikhar2408 Group Title

the time period will remain the same.. the bob will do small oscillations but we know that $T=2\Pi \sqrt{l/g}$ so in this eqn.there is no amplitude..therefore T is not related to the amplitude... hence time period remains same..

2. Shikhar2408 Group Title

T resembles the time period of the bob.. by the way which text book are you studying?

3. Vincent-Lyon.Fr Group Title

Time period will decrease, since new weight relative to train coach will be bigger: mg* with $$\vec {g*}=\vec g-\vec a$$ and $$g^*=\sqrt{g^2+a^2}$$ $$T^*=2\pi \sqrt{l/g^*}$$

4. Will-i-am Group Title

according to Einstein, the faster you go the heavier you are so the time period WILL DECREASE

5. Vincent-Lyon.Fr Group Title

This is not a relativistic train :) So there is no increase in the mass of the pendulum.

6. Will-i-am Group Title

lol ANYTHING that's moving at ANY speed will increase in mass relative to a non-moving object

7. iamsmarterthanyou Group Title

just to be nerdy lol

8. iamsmarterthanyou Group Title

btw i am Will-i-am i just got my account like deleted

9. Vincent-Lyon.Fr Group Title

Increasing the mass without increasing the restoring force would make the period longer. On the accelerating train, you can simulate an increase in gravity, producing an increase in the restoring force without changing the inertia of the bob. The result is a faster motion / shorter period.

10. ghHabib Group Title

if you are in the real case, the periode of the pendulum will decrease but that due to the effect of friction with the air ,in the opposite when we neglect the friction the periode remain constant .

11. Vincent-Lyon.Fr Group Title

@ghHabib The decrease in the period has nothing to do with air resistance (or its absence).