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  2. Double pendulum - Wikipedia

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    A double pendulum consists of two pendulums attached end to end.. In physics and mathematics, in the area of dynamical systems, a double pendulum, also known as a chaotic pendulum, is a pendulum with another pendulum attached to its end, forming a simple physical system that exhibits rich dynamic behavior with a strong sensitivity to initial conditions. [1]

  3. Gravimetry - Wikipedia

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    Gravimeter with variant of Repsold–Bessel pendulum An Autograv CG-5 gravimeter being operated. A gravimeter is an instrument used to measure gravitational acceleration. Every mass has an associated gravitational potential. The gradient of this potential is a force. A gravimeter measures this gravitational force.

  4. Kater's pendulum - Wikipedia

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    Gravimeter with variant of Repsold pendulum The large increase in gravity measurement accuracy made possible by Kater's pendulum established gravimetry as a regular part of geodesy . To be useful, it was necessary to find the exact location (latitude and longitude) of the 'station' where a gravity measurement was taken, so pendulum measurements ...

  5. Category:Pendulums - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Double inverted pendulum; Double pendulum; Doubochinski's pendulum; E. Elastic pendulum; F.

  6. Felix Andries Vening Meinesz - Wikipedia

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    With mirrors and lightbeams the difference in amplitude of the two pendula is captured on a film. Vening Meinesz had discovered that horizontal accelerations (as by waves on a boat) had no influence on the difference in amplitude between the two pendula. The recorded difference then is the amplitude of a theoretical, undisturbed pendulum.

  7. Swinging Atwood's machine - Wikipedia

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    Since the system is invariant under time reversal and translation, it is equivalent to say that the pendulum starts at the origin and is fired outwards: [1] r ( 0 ) = 0 {\displaystyle r(0)=0} The region close to the pivot is singular, since r {\displaystyle r} is close to zero and the equations of motion require dividing by r {\displaystyle r} .

  8. Cavendish experiment - Wikipedia

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    Cavendish's diagram of his torsion pendulum, seen from above. The pendulum consists of two small spherical lead weights (h, h) hanging from a 6-foot horizontal wooden beam supported in the center by a fine torsion wire.

  9. Generalized coordinates - Wikipedia

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    An example of a generalized coordinate would be to describe the position of a pendulum using the angle of the pendulum relative to vertical, rather than by the x and y position of the pendulum. Although there may be many possible choices for generalized coordinates for a physical system, they are generally selected to simplify calculations ...