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Birthday: 2/5/2008
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Created By: demolab
Order Count: 5

Oscillations
3A95.u1 - Compound Physical Pendulum
3A95.u2 - Chaos Pendulum
3A95.u3 - 2 Compound Pendulums

3A95.u3 - 2 Compound Pendulums

Objective: Demonstrate how seemingly identical initial conditions can produce completely distinct oscillation couping.

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Anaylsis Information
Analysis
There are two normal modes of oscillation, visible in the attached movies. If the pendulum is not triggered in a normal mode, it will oscillate chaotically.
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