Considering a pendulum clock does the period of oscillation of the pendulum increase when the clock itself is set in motion?

Question

Considering a pendulum clock does the period of oscillation of the pendulum increase when the clock itself is set in motion due to increase of mass?

Answer 1

No. The period of a pendulum clock depends only on the effective length of the pendulum and the acceleration due to gravity- the mass of the pendulum does not affect it.

Answer 2

Here your interpretation goes a bit wrong.

Let's take a look at the equation for the time period of the pendulum that is:

$T=2π \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}$

Here in this equation we can clearly see that the time period of the pendulum does not depend upon the mass of the bob attached to the pendulum.

So it would be inappropriate to talk about mass here. Which leads to a complete invalid concept.

Answer 3

It depends on the type of motion... for example, if it were put in a centrifuge (or subjected to some other kind of constant acceleration) then the period of oscillation would certainly change - but this would be due to the increase of weight not mass.