Pendulum question?

Question

Doesn't the speed of a pendulum actually make it reach the center faster than it reaches either end? And, given that...wouldn't the actual chronological center be closer or nearer to the end that it is leaving, rather than the end that it is reaching toward?

And if that too, is true, then who cares?

Answer 1

all i understood was the who cares part! :-D

Answer 2

Well, at the top of the pendulum swing, the speed is zero. The pendulum starts accelerating when it is at its maximum height, as gravity pulls the pendulum down. It continues accelerating until it reaches the bottom, or the center. At that point, the pendulum starts to decrease in speed, since it starts to work against gravity.

The actual center and the chronological center are at the same point, because gravity acts with equal force at all times.

Answer 3

Like any periodic motion, it is faster when it goes through "zero". Think of a sin wave, which is what it is.

what is "chronological center"?

And the rest of your question is meaningless.

Answer 4

centre of a pendulum differs from the chronological centre of a pendulum

the centre point between the starting point (the point where you relase the pendulum) and the end point (where the pendulum stops to change direction), and the chronological centre would have to be drawn on a timelapse, and it would point to the second that the pendulum gains the momentum of the reverse force from the second swing