恢復力與運動方程式:
\(F_{\text{net}} = -mg \sin\theta = ma_t\)
\(a_t = -g \sin\theta \quad (\text{切線加速度})\)
小角度近似 (\(\theta \ll 1\)):
\(\sin\theta \approx \theta \Rightarrow a_t \approx -g\theta = -\frac{g}{l}x\)
此時為簡諧運動 (SHM),週期 \(T \approx 2\pi\sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}\)