Physical pendulum problems and solutions

1. What are the examples of a physical pendulum?
2. Does mass affect a physical pendulum?

What are the examples of a physical pendulum?

One example of a physical pendulum is a baseball bat swinging back and forth. In the same exact way that a simple pendulum has the ability to undergo simple harmonic motion, a physical pendulum under certain conditions can experience simple harmonic motion.

Does mass affect a physical pendulum?

The movement of the pendulums will not differ at all because the mass of the bob has no effect on the motion of a simple pendulum. The pendulums are only affected by the period (which is related to the pendulum's length) and by the acceleration due to gravity.