This web page is a Java animation relating displaying two pendulum oscillations: a small pendulum amplitude of 20 degrees and a large amplitude of 135 degrees. The user can see the graph of simple harmonic motion generated by the smaller amplitude, compared with the non-sinusoidal graph produced by the larger displacement.
This item is part of a larger collection of simulation-based activities for introductory physics students. See Related Materials on this page for a link to the full index of simulations designed by this author to support first semester introductory physics curriculum.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=6861">Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Pendulum at Small and Large Amplitudes. March 28, 2008.</a>
A. Duffy, Boston University Physics Applets: Pendulum at Small and Large Amplitudes (2002), <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c18_motion_pendulum_sim.html>.
Duffy, A. (2008, March 28). Boston University Physics Applets: Pendulum at Small and Large Amplitudes. Retrieved May 23, 2025, from http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c18_motion_pendulum_sim.html
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Pendulum at Small and Large Amplitudes. March 28, 2008. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c18_motion_pendulum_sim.html (accessed 23 May 2025).
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Pendulum at Small and Large Amplitudes. 2002. 28 Mar. 2008. 23 May 2025 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c18_motion_pendulum_sim.html>.
@misc{
Author = "Andrew Duffy",
Title = {Boston University Physics Applets: Pendulum at Small and Large Amplitudes},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {23 May 2025},
Month = {March 28, 2008},
Year = {2002}
}
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