3A95.50 Double Pendulum

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.

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A single pendulum from the Double Pendulum

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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