3A95.50 Double Pendulum
Chaos in the double pendulum system is shown and the sensitive dependence on initial conditions of the motion of the double pendulum can also be seen.
A single pendulum from the Double Pendulum
Double Pendulum
And one other one, a Rott’s Double Pendulum:
And one more:
All the pendula were built here at Wesleyan from AJP papers. The exception is the ring and hoop which was built here from a Swiss design. The pendulum can be purchased from: https://www.aha-zurich.ch/en/product/alogo-1-chaotic-pendulum/
The price is 860 Swiss francs. If you buy all the parts and pay for the machining it will cost more. 🙂
Location: G3-5