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  2. Pendulum (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    The animations below depict the motion of a simple (frictionless) pendulum with increasing amounts of initial displacement of the bob, or equivalently increasing initial velocity. The small graph above each pendulum is the corresponding phase plane diagram; the horizontal axis is displacement and the vertical axis is velocity. With a large ...

  3. Generalized coordinates - Wikipedia

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    The relationship between the use of generalized coordinates and Cartesian coordinates to characterize the movement of a mechanical system can be illustrated by considering the constrained dynamics of a simple pendulum. [12] [13] A simple pendulum consists of a mass M hanging from a pivot point so that it is constrained to move on a circle of ...

  4. Pendulum - Wikipedia

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    "Simple gravity pendulum" model assumes no friction or air resistance. A pendulum is a device made of a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. [1] When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward the equilibrium position.

  5. Harmonic oscillator - Wikipedia

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    A simple pendulum exhibits approximately simple harmonic motion under the conditions of no damping and small amplitude. Assuming no damping, the differential equation governing a simple pendulum of length l {\displaystyle l} , where g {\displaystyle g} is the local acceleration of gravity , is d 2 θ d t 2 + g l sin ⁡ θ = 0. {\displaystyle ...

  6. Scleronomous - Wikipedia

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    A simple pendulum. As shown at right, a simple pendulum is a system composed of a weight and a string. The string is attached at the top end to a pivot and at the bottom end to a weight. Being inextensible, the string’s length is a constant.

  7. Horologium Oscillatorium - Wikipedia

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    Simple pendulum equivalent to a compound pendulum with weights equal to its length. 7-20 Center of oscillation of a plane figure and its relationship to center of gravity. 21-22 Centers of oscillation of common plane and solid figures. 23-24 Adjustment of pendulum clock to small weight; application to a cyclodial pendulum. 25-26

  8. Phase portrait - Wikipedia

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    Simple pendulum, see picture (right). Simple harmonic oscillator where the phase portrait is made up of ellipses centred at the origin, which is a fixed point. Damped harmonic motion, see animation (right). Van der Pol oscillator see picture (bottom right).

  9. LaSalle's invariance principle - Wikipedia

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    This section will apply the invariance principle to establish the local asymptotic stability of a simple system, the pendulum ... CT-7, pp. 520–527, 1960. (PDF ...