The Ping Pong Pendulum
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⚛️ physics.class-ph
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increasingmechanicalpendulumamplitudebehaviourcontactdampeddecreases
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Many damped mechanical systems oscillate with increasing frequency as the amplitude decreases. One popular example is Euler's Disk, where the point of contact rotates with increasing rapidity as the energy is dissipated. We study a simple mechanical pendulum that exhibits this behaviour.
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