The Driven Pendulum at Arbitrary Drive Angle
Physics Education
2015-06-26 v3 Classical Physics
Abstract
We discuss the equation of motion of the driven pendulum and generalize it to arbitrary driving angle. The pendulum will oscillate about a stable angle other than straight down if the drive amplitude and frequency are large enough for a given drive angle. The emphasis is on the parameters associated with a simply made demonstration apparatus.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0211047,
title = {The Driven Pendulum at Arbitrary Drive Angle},
author = {Gordon J. VanDalen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0211047},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
v1: 32 pages, 25 figures submitted to the American Journal of Physics. v2: 22 pages, 16 figures, after initial review. v3: 19 pages, 12 figures, accepted by the American Journal of Physics. After it is published it will be found at http://ojps.aip.org/ajp