Imagine two pendulums swinging with a time period T for one complete cycle of 2 seconds. If one pendulum is 0.5 seconds behind the other one then the phase difference is a quarter of a cycle. Since one cycle is 2π radians, the phase difference will be ½π or (0.5/2.0) × 2πThe phase in the cycle is given by (t/T) × 2π where T is the time period T for one cycle, t is the time from the start for which the pendulum has been swinging.phase = 2π(t/T) = 2πft
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Specification: OCR Physics A (H556), A-level, 5.3.1 Simple harmonic oscillations. Topic: Simple Harmonic Motion.
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