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From: BURT on 3 Apr 2010 18:08
On Mar 31, 6:27 pm, "Existential Angst" <UNfit...(a)UNoptonline.net>
wrote:
> Awl --
>
> I've found plenty of standard stuff on physical pendulums (meter stick
> pendulum), where I = 1/12 MR^2, period, etc, but what I can't find is this:
>
> With a meter stick standing straight up and pivoted at the *bottom*, what is
> the final angular velocity as it hits the table?
>
> My dim recollection, and perhaps why I can't find the solution so quick, is
> that an elliptic integral is involved??
>
> The application is an interesting one:
> I would like to approximate the force one would have to generate from a
> pushup position sufficient to thrust one's self up to a standing position..
>
> If I had the required Vo, I could probably figger stuff out from there.
>
> Any links, hints -- or solutions -- appreciated.
> --
> EA

A pendulum swings because it is falling already. If you droped it it
would not swing.

Mitch Raemsch
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