PENDULUM WITH LIQUID FILLER-INSTRUMENT TO DEMONSTRATE DIURNAL ROTATION OF THE EARTH

Abstract

The contention is made that a load in a pendulum that has both liquid and solid components permits construction of a parametric pendulum with liquid filler. The liquidsolid load consists of masses which behave differently under the forces of the Coriolis effect. A pendulum is described that is in effect a compass, giving indication of the direction that is perpendicular to the true (geographic) meridian. The pendulum has a shell made of a ping-pong or tennis ball, fillers of mercury and water, buffers of rubber, and a suspending thread.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 17, 1964
Accession Number
AD0610409

Entities

People

  • V. Y. Gavrik

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Bodies
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Coriolis Effect
  • Demonstrations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diameters
  • Foreign Technology
  • Hard Copy
  • Inertia
  • Mass
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Oscillation
  • Pendulums
  • Rotation
  • Solid Bodies

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Geodesy
  • Structural Dynamics.