Computing the gravitational acceleration within the World Pendulum Alliance as an application of the remote laboratory methodology

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dc.contributor.authorTorres-Payoma, Freddy
dc.contributor.authorHerrera, Diana
dc.contributor.authorTriana, Karla
dc.contributor.authorNeira-Quintero, Laura
dc.contributor.authorCastano-Yepes, Jorge David
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T17:35:18Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T17:35:18Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes a method for calculating gravitational acceleration using simple pendulums available through the World Pendulum Alliance. This network comprises fourteen institutions across eight countries, each providing a pendulum that can be accessed remotely via the Internet. We demonstrate how to measure the pendulum's period for N oscillations, discussing the importance of repetitions and samples in minimizing experimental uncertainty. We then use the averaged period value to compute the local gravitational acceleration, accounting for corrections due to the moment of inertia of the system. Finally, we analyze the geographical location of each pendulum to explore the dependence of gravity on latitude, longitude, and altitude and discuss its implications for the Earth's shape. We believe this tool will be useful for physics courses at the introductory and university levels due to its remote access features and its relevance to fundamental concepts.
dc.description.funderEuropean Commission
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1361-6404/acf173
dc.identifier.eissn1361-6404
dc.identifier.issn0143-0807
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/acf173
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/91671
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001072142500001
dc.issue.numero6
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaEuropean journal of physics
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectremote laboratory
dc.subjectMOOC
dc.subjectRLC
dc.subjectgravitational acceleration
dc.subjectsimple pendulum
dc.titleComputing the gravitational acceleration within the World Pendulum Alliance as an application of the remote laboratory methodology
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen44
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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