written by Wolfgang Christian

The Ejs Spherical Pendulum model displays the dynamics of a spherical pendulum in three dimensions.  The pendulum is initially displaced from equilibrium and the pendulum bob has zero initial velocity.  You can modify this simulation if you have Ejs installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.  

Ejs Spherical Pendulum model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the ejs_osc_Pendulum3D.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.  Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models.  Additional Ejs models for Newtonian mechanics are available.  They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs.

• Download ejs_osc_Pendulum3D.jar - 1782kb Java Archive File

Last Modified June 5, 2014

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