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Double Pendulum -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Weisstein, Eric W.

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A double pendulum consists of one pendulum attached to another. Double pendula are an example of a simple physical system which can exhibit chaotic behavior. Consider a double bob pendulum with masses m_1 and m_2 attached by rigid massless wires of lengths l_1 and l_2. Further, let the angles the two wires make with the vertical be denoted \theta_1 and \theta_2, as illustrated above. Finally, let gravity be given by g. Then the positions of the bobs are given by x_1 = l_1\sin\theta_1 y_1 =...

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Physics:Animations:Animated GIFs

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Physics:Mechanics:Pendula

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