Accurate Period Approximation for Any Simple Pendulum Amplitude

作者:Xue De Sheng; Zhou Zhao; Gao Mei Zhen*
来源:Chinese Physics Letters, 2012, 29(4): 044601.
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/29/4/044601

摘要

Accurate approximate analytical formulae of the pendulum period composed of a few elementary functions for any amplitude are constructed. Based on an approximation of the elliptic integral, two new logarithmic formulae for large amplitude close to 180 degrees are obtained. Considering the trigonometric function modulation results from the dependence of relative error on the amplitude, we realize accurate approximation period expressions for any amplitude between 0 and 180 degrees. A relative error less than 0.02% is achieved for any amplitude. This kind of modulation is also effective for other large-amplitude logarithmic approximation expressions.

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