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Vibrating cantilever

The following diagram shows a ruler fixed to the edge of a bench so that can be oscilated to give a vibrating cantilever system.



The suggested equation for the period of a vibrating cantilever (see Figure 1):




The cantilever has length L, moment of inertia I, mass M and Young modulus E.

 
 
 
© Keith Gibbs 2007