Timeline for Simulating a Simple Pendulum - Increasing amplitude on each swing?
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| Feb 27, 2015 at 14:41 | comment | added | Doug Lipinski |
That's right. In general, the forcing term can actually be any function you want. A common choice would be simple periodic forcing which would take the form A*cos(Omega*t) (one would generally want time dependence in there). In this case A is the forcing amplitude and Omega is the angular frequency of the forcing. Note that resonance occurs when Omega is equal to the natural frequency of the system.
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| Feb 27, 2015 at 13:51 | vote | accept | Fidem | ||
| Feb 27, 2015 at 13:14 | comment | added | Fidem | After testing, I can confirm that it was that part of the function that was incorrect - So this is where my problem lies. Maybe Acos Ω is a "driving force" and is not needed when I am only using a damping effect? | |
| Feb 27, 2015 at 13:06 | comment | added | Fidem | I believe the problem lies here too. A is the "Driving Amplitude" and Omega is the "Driving Frequency". I am not 100% clear on what those terms are referring to so it is very possible that I have the wrong idea. | |
| Feb 27, 2015 at 12:40 | history | answered | Doug Lipinski | CC BY-SA 3.0 |