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Re: Forced damped pendulum



At 06:52 6/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
I seem to have left out some of the "goodies" of the problem.

* The pendulum has 2 degrees of freedom.
* The driving force is a linear driving force applied at the pivot.
Imagine a simple pendulum tied to the blade of a sabre saw with
adjustable frequency. (The saw blade in this case oscillates oscillates
horizontally.)

Fun, eh?
...
James A. Currie


Possibly more fun with a vertical sawblade and a stiff
pendulum pointing up?

Brian Whatcott