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  Session: Poster Session II
  Paper Type: Poster
  Title: Simple Pendulum Lab with a Twist
  Meeting: 124th AAPT National Meeting: Philadelphia, PA
  Location: N/A
  Date: Tuesday, Jan. 22
  Time: 9:30AM
  Author: Ben Szapiro, The Univ of the South
931-598-1858, bszapiro@sewanee.edu
  Co-Author(s): None
  Abstract: An experimental technique to accurately monitor simple pendulum motion using a Microcomputer Based Laboratory setup is discussed. A force probe is used to monitor with high resolution the horizontal component of the tension in the string. Theory and experimental results are compared.
  Footnotes: None

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