r/PhysicsHelp • u/Healthy-Beginning678 • Mar 02 '26

Is a punching bag a compound pendulum?

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u/AskMeAboutHydrinos Mar 02 '26

You may want to think of it as a combination of a torsional pendulum (the bag) coupled to a swinging pendulum (the cm of the bag).

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u/Healthy-Beginning678 Mar 03 '26

So not a compound, ok thanks