On the Foucault pendulum

Abstract The Foucault pendulum is a physical apparatus that shows the Earth’s rotation through the variation of the plane of oscillation over time. The main physical agent responsible for this phenomenon is the non-inertial Coriolis force, which couples the coordinates in the equation of motion. Alt...

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Main Author: Eduardo Moraes Diniz
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Física 2023-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172023000100413&lng=en&tlng=en