Timeline for What is the maximum deflection angle of a pendulum in a car, when the car, initially at rest, accelerates suddenly?
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| Aug 3, 2020 at 20:30 | comment | added | R.W. Bird | When working with forces, you want to work with acceleration rather than velocity. Again, in the inertial frame, you look at the “equilibrium” position where the acceleration relative to the car is zero. Then T sin(θ) = ma and T cos(θ) – mg = 0 where a is the acceleration of the car. | |
| Aug 3, 2020 at 18:24 | comment | added | ImBatman | Fine! But it is essentially the same method used in the car's frame of reference. Could you please give hints to the answer in ground's reference frame? Or how would we find the work done by tension force? | |
| Aug 3, 2020 at 18:21 | history | answered | R.W. Bird | CC BY-SA 4.0 |