Demonstrations with a magnetically controlled pendulum

Yaakov Kraftmakher

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Abstract

A magnetically controlled pendulum is used to demonstrate self-excited oscillations, parametric excitation, and multiple-well potential oscillations. Except for the data-acquisition system, the apparatus is simple and inexpensive.

Original languageEnglish
Article number017002AJP
Pages (from-to)532-535
Number of pages4
JournalAmerican Journal of Physics
Volume78
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2010

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