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Simple pendulum #1
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- Summary
- The graph indicates the time evolution of the angle for the simple pendulum. You can regulate the major parameters.
This allows you to simulate extra-terrestrial values of "g" (g=1.6 on the Moon and g=27 on Jupiter).
You can illustrate the transient responses of this system (SHM, damped ...)
Drag the mass to adjust new initial conditions.
- Learning objectives
- To simulate all the transient solutions of a second order differential equation.
- To plot the graph of the angle in real time.
- How to use the animation
Click and drag the mass to set a new initial angle.
- Keywords
- pendulum, oscillation, period, damped, harmonic, SHM, pseudoperiodic, aperiodic, transient, quality-factor
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