Sentences with phrase «simple pendulum»

A simple pendulum is an example of something that (discounting friction) will swing back and forth endlessly translating kinetic energy to gravitional and back again.
Even a simple pendulum has a nasty non linear ordinary differential equation.
Take a spool of thread, unroll about 3/4 meter, refix it so it wont unroll further, and tie the free end to the spool of tape; two simple pendulums, coupled, periods not harmonically related unless you are very lucky.

Not exact matches

The movement of the underhand throw is a simple, easy - to - control upward pendulum motion.
The simple gravity pendulum is an idealized mathematical model of a pendulum.
If you want to successfully complete this game, the goal is simple: take control of a small character wearing a propeller hat as he travels skyward — but don't mind the swinging pendulum - style hammers.
There are no simple answers, but when valuation divergences get large enough, and investors are patient, the pendulum will often swing back.
Adding in the wit and sarcasm of GLaDOS and all the inventions of Aperture Science Laboratories creates a crazy, chaotic world full of flipping switches, death laser beams, gun turrets, and swinging pendulum bridges that adds a welcome layer of challenge and fun to a simple concept.
Her painterly style is delicate, adroit, and agile, persistently on the verge of an attenuated hedonism; yet, at the same time, her message is simple and to the point, straight from the pit of Poe's pendulum.
In the simplest idealization, for example, a linear spring with spring constant K attached to a perfectly rigid support at one end and a point mass M on the other will oscillate at a radial frequency sqrt (K / M), or a pendulum of length L in a constant gravity field with acceleration g will oscillate about the equilibrium at a frequency of sqrt (g / L).
Even deceptively simple systems can have devilishly complex behavior — here's a simple demonstration that anyone can set up in their living room: Take a roll of electrical tape, stick the free end to a doorway or light fixture, an unroll about a meter — viola, a pendulum with simple harmonic motion.
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