The main objective of this clock project is to enhance basic skills for real-world engineering and develop experience with incorporating physics into an everyday object. Using graphic design applications, simulators, and protecting devices, we explored technology in engineering; the actual manufacturing processes were a hands-on experience to replicate a virtual experiment and bring it to life. The biggest challenge I was faced with was the designing process. As I became more familiar with design websites I looked back and realized the process was quite simple. As our Cluster 2 webpage claimed, we experienced an introduction to realistic physical analyses and developed beginner mechanical skills.
The observation results conclude that the pendulum oscillates at an average time of 0.667 seconds. The original predictions, the point mass and inertial analysis predictions, indicated the oscillation time would be 0.4869 and 0.556 seconds. The percentage error of these results was 16.6% indicating a small miscommunication between the formulas and the actual observation.