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Pendulum Waves by NatSciDemos
Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths
dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating,
and (seemingly) random motion. Check out the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkdfJ9PkRQ&feature=player_embedded
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For more details see http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k16940&pa...
The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted
so that it executes 51 oscillations in this 60 second period. The length of each successive shorter pendulum is
carefully adjusted so that it executes one additional oscillation in this period. Thus, the 15th pendulum (shortest)
undergoes 65 oscillations.
Our apparatus was built from a design published by Richard Berg [Am J Phys 59(2), 186-187 (1991)] at the University
of Maryland. The particular apparatus shown here was built by our own Nils Sorensen.
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Video courtesy of Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations, © 2010 President and Fellows of Harvard College
Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths
dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating,
and (seemingly) random motion. Check out the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkdfJ9PkRQ&feature=player_embedded
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For more details see http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k16940&pa...
The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted
so that it executes 51 oscillations in this 60 second period. The length of each successive shorter pendulum is
carefully adjusted so that it executes one additional oscillation in this period. Thus, the 15th pendulum (shortest)
undergoes 65 oscillations.
Our apparatus was built from a design published by Richard Berg [Am J Phys 59(2), 186-187 (1991)] at the University
of Maryland. The particular apparatus shown here was built by our own Nils Sorensen.
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Video courtesy of Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations, © 2010 President and Fellows of Harvard College
