The New England Merchants Bank Building in Boston is 152 m high. On windy days it sways with a frequency of 0.15Hz , and the acc
eleration of the top of the building can reach 2.5% of the free-fall acceleration, enough to cause discomfort for occupants.
What is the total distance, side to side, that the top of the building moves during such an oscillation?
What is the total distance, side to side, that the top of the building moves during such an oscillation?
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The angle of the pendulum with the vertical is
Explanation:
As the train decelerates, the bob of the pendulum will feel a force given by
where
m = 0.55 kg is the mass of the bob
is the magnitude of the acceleration
In the horizontal direction.
The pendulum will be inclined at an angle from the vertical, so it will be in equilibrium, and therefore the horizontal component of the tension in the string must be equal to the net force F of the previous equation:
(1)
where T is the tension in the string.
We also know that the bob is in equilibrium along the vertical direction: so the vertical component of the tension must be equal to the weight of the bob,
(2)
where is the acceleration of gravity.
Dividing eq.(1) by eq(2), we get:
And therefore, we find the angle:
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