Mesmerizing Pendulums

Initializing live version
Download to Desktop

Requires a Wolfram Notebook System

Interact on desktop, mobile and cloud with the free Wolfram Player or other Wolfram Language products.

This shows a simulation of 15 pendulums with periods from 41 to 55 oscillations per minute, started in sync. As a group, they change from moments of beautiful harmony to what appears to be chaos. Each pendulum is, of course, unwavering in its oscillation period until they "find" one another again.

Contributed by: Steve Eichblatt (January 2014)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA


Snapshots


Details

See the YouTube video of the real pendulums here.



Feedback (field required)
Email (field required) Name
Occupation Organization
Note: Your message & contact information may be shared with the author of any specific Demonstration for which you give feedback.
Send